safety of nipple sparing mastectomy

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"A literature review from 1991 to 2014 revealed that nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM) was associated with marginally better survival rates compared with modified radical mastectomy (MRM) and skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM).".......

The study noted that most women had stage I or II invasive ductal carcinoma, with stage I being the most common.

De La Cruz concluded that their analysis set out to prove NSM was comparable in safety to MRM/SSM, and the "small benefit" NSM showed over the other techniques should be "taken lightly," as NSM is only applicable to a small group of women."

presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons'(ASBS) 2015 annual meeting.

• Primary Source

  American Society of Breast Surgeons

  Source Reference: DeLaCruz L, et al "Nipple-sparing mastectomies as safe as more radical procedures for appropriate patients" ASBS 2015.