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Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: An Interim Analysis and Review of the Literature

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An Erratum to this article was published on 05 August 2014

Abstract

Background

There are few large-scale studies that have examined outcomes for BRCA1/2 carriers who have undergone nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM). The objective of our study was to examine incidental cancers, operative complications, and locoregional recurrences in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers who underwent NSM for both risk reduction and cancer treatment.

Methods

This was a retrospective review of pathology results and outcomes of 201 BRCA1/2 carriers from two different institutions who underwent NSM from 2007 to 2014.

Results

NSM was performed in 397 breasts of 201 BRCA1/2 carriers. One hundred and twenty-five (62.2 %) patients had a BRCA1 mutation and 76 (37.8 %) had a BRCA2 mutation; 150 (74.6 %) patients underwent NSM for risk reduction and 51 (25.4 %) for cancer. Incidental cancers were found in four (2.7 %) of the 150 risk-reduction patients and two (3.9 %) of the 51 cancer patients. The nipple-areolar complex (NAC) was involved with cancer in three (5.8 %) patients. No prophylactic mastectomy had a positive NAC margin. There was loss of the NAC in seven breasts (1.8 %) and flap necrosis in ten (2.5 %) breasts. With a mean follow-up of 32.6 months (1–76 months), there have been four cancer events—three in cancer patients and one in a risk-reduction patient but none at the NAC.

Conclusion

NSM in BRCA1/2 carriers is associated with a low rate of complications and locoregional recurrence but these patients require long-term follow-up in both the cancer and risk-reduction setting.

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Acknowledgment

The authors acknowledge the Auxiliary of Evanston and Glenbrook Hospitals ACE Breast Research Fund for their generous support of this project through the breast research fellowship program.

Disclosures

Katharine Yao, Erik Liederbach, Rong Tang, Lan Lei, Tomasz Czechura, Mark Sisco, Michael Howard, Peter J. Hulick, David J. Winchester, Suzanne B. Coopey, and Barbara L. Smith do not have any financial or commercial interests to disclose.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Evanston Hospital, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA

    Katharine Yao MD, Erik Liederbach BS, Tomasz Czechura MPH, Mark Sisco MD, Michael Howard MD & David J. Winchester MD

  2. Department of Medicine, Center for Medical Genetics, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL, USA

    Peter J. Hulick MD

  3. Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA

    Rong Tang MD, Lan Lei MD, Suzanne B. Coopey MD & Barbara L. Smith MD, PhD

  4. Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

    Katharine Yao MD, Mark Sisco MD, Michael Howard MD & David J. Winchester MD

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Yao, K., Liederbach, E., Tang, R. et al. Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers: An Interim Analysis and Review of the Literature. Ann Surg Oncol 22, 370–376 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-014-3883-3

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