A Review of Breast Cancer Surgeries in a Sub-urban Nigerian Tertiary Hospital and the Limitations of Breast-Conserving Surgery.

Background: The surgical management of breast cancer involves either modified radical mastectomy or a conservative approach. Breast-conserving surgery is the preferred surgical treatment for early breast cancer in developed countries, while mastectomy is still more favoured by most centres in develo...

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Publicado en:Breast Cancer: Basic & Clinical Research pp. 1 - 9
Autores principales: Tagar, Esteem, Kpolugbo, James, Okomayin, Andrew A, Tagar, Afokeoghene G
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. 3/12/2025
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          Tagar, Esteem
          Kpolugbo, James
          Okomayin, Andrew A
          Tagar, Afokeoghene G
        affil: Department of Surgery, Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Nigeria
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          Breast Neoplasms Surgery
          Mastectomy Methods
          Lumpectomy
          Tertiary Health Care Nigeria
          Data Quality Evaluation
          Human
          Nigeria
          Male
          Female
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Retrospective Design
          Record Review
          Developing Countries
          Academic Medical Centers
          Neoadjuvant Therapy
          Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
          Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
          Patient Preference
          Disease Progression
          Age Factors
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Male
          Female
      ab: Background: The surgical management of breast cancer involves either modified radical mastectomy or a conservative approach. Breast-conserving surgery is the preferred surgical treatment for early breast cancer in developed countries, while mastectomy is still more favoured by most centres in developing countries. Objectives: To report some quality data on breast cancer surgeries from a sub-urban tertiary hospital in Nigeria. Design: Retrospective analysis Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all breast cancer surgeries performed between January 2018 and December 2022 at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital. Results: A total of 105 female patients underwent breast cancer surgery. Their ages ranged between 27 and 85 years, with a mean of 48.8 years (SD = 12.2). The mean duration of symptoms before presentation was 12.3 ± 17.8 months (1-120 months), with 15.2% presenting with stage I and II disease and 84.7% presenting with stage III and IV disease. Invasive carcinoma NST was the most common histological type in 78 (74.3%) patients. The cancers were predominantly high grade (42.3%) and triple negative (41.5%). Only 9.5% of the patients had breast-conserving surgery, the others had mastectomy. Sixty-three patients (60%) received neoadjuvant chemotherapy while only 25.7% of patients had documented evidence of the completion of adjuvant radiotherapy. Conclusion: The rate of breast-conserving surgery in this study was extremely low. This could be attributed to the advanced stage at presentation, predominance of aggressive tumours, limited access to radiation therapy, status of the medical system, and patient preferences.
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