Acute effects of postmastectomy radiotherapy after immediate TRAM flap reconstruction in breast cancer patients

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1861-1866

  Sitathanee, Chomporn ^a   Puataweepong, Putipun ^a   Swangsilpa, Thiti ^a   Narkwong, Ladawan ^a   Kongdan, Youwanush ^a   Suvikapakornkul, Ronnarat ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Acute effect; Breast cancer; Radiotherapy; Reconstruction; TRAM flap

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL; TAMOXIFEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MASTECTOMY; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOCUTANEOUS FLAP; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RECTUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; SKIN EXFOLIATION; SKIN INFLAMMATION; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MASTECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIODERMATITIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 33244486983     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: 01252208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Kraiphibul P. Ramathibodi Cancer Registry. Annual Report 2003.
2. Malata CM, McIntosh SA, Purushotham AD. Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy for cancer. Br J Surg 2000; 87: 1455-72.
3. Corral CJ, Mustoe TA. Controversy in breast reconstruction. Surg Clin North Am 1996; 76: 309-26.
4. Scheflan M, Dinner MI. The treansverse abdominal island flap: part I. Indications, contraindications, results, and complications. Ann Plast Surg 1983;10:24-35.
5. Overgaard M, Hansen PS, Overgaard J, Rose C, Andersson M, Bach F, et al. Postoperative radiotherapy in high-risk premenopausal women with breast cancer who receive adjuvant chemotherapy. N Engl J Med 1997; 337: 949-95.
6. Ragaz J, Jackson SM, Le N, Plenderleith IH, Spinelli JJ, Basco VE, et al. Adjuvant radiotherapy and chemotherapy in node-positive premenopausal women with breast cancer. N Engl J Med 1997; 337: 956-62.
7. Buchholz TA, Strom EA, Perkins GH, McNeese MD. Controversies regarding the use of radiation after mastectomy in breast cancer. Oncologist 2002; 7: 539-46.
8. Senkus-Konefka E, Wetnicka-Jaskiewicz M, Jaskiewicz J, Jassem J. Radiotherapy for breast cancer in patients undergoing breast reconstruction or augmentation. Cancer Treat Rev 2004; 30: 671-82.
9. Hanks SH, Lyons JA, Crowe J, Lucas A, Yetman RJ. The acute effects of postoperative radiation therapy on the treansverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous flap used in immediate breast reconstruction. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000; 47: 1185-90.
10. Anderson PR, Hanlon AL, McNeeley SW, Freedman GM. Low complication rates are achievable after postmastectomy breast reconstruction and radiation therapy. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2004; 59: 1080-7.
11. Hussien M, Salah B, Malyon A, Wieler-Mithoff EM. The effect of radiotherapy on the use of immediate breast reconstruction. Eur J Surg Oncol 2004; 30: 490-4.
12. Mehta VK, Goffinet D. Postmastectomy radiation therapy after TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Breast J 2004; 10: 118-22.
13. Halyard MY, McCombs KE, Wong WW, Buchel EW, Pockaj BA, Vora SA, et al. Acute and chronic results of adjuvant radiotherapy after mastectomy and transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous (TRAM) flap reconstruction for breast cancer. Am J Clin Oncol 2004; 27: 389-94.
14. Spear SL, Ducic I, Low M, Cuoco F. The effect of radiation on pedicled TRAM flap breast reconstruction: outcomes and implications. Plast Reconstr Surg 2005; 115: 84-95.
15. Zimmerman RP, Mark RJ, Kim AI, Walton T, Sayah D, Juillard GF, et al. Radiation tolerance of transverse rectus abdominis myocutaneous-free flaps used in immediate breast reconstruction. Am J Clin Oncol 1998; 21: 381-5.
16. Tran NV, Evans GR, Kroll SS, Baldwin BJ, Miller MJ, Reece GP, et al. Postoperative adjuvant irradiation: effects on transverse rectus abdominis muscle flap breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 2000; 106: 313-7.
17. Williams JK, Carlson GW, Bostwick III J, Bried JT, Mackay G. The effects of radiation treatment after TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Plast Reconstr Surg 1997; 100: 1153-60.
18. Hunt KK, Baldwin BJ, Strom EA, Ames FC, McNeese MD, Kroll SS, et al. Feasibility of postmastectomy radiation therapy after TRAM flap breast reconstruction. Ann Surg Oncol 1997; 4: 377-84.
19. Tran NV, Chang DW, Gupta A, Kroll SS, Robb GL. Comparison of immediate and delayed free TRAM flap breast reconstruction in patients receiving postmastectomy radiation therapy. Plast Reconstr Surg 2001; 108: 78-82.