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. 2023 Sep 26;154(3):503–510. doi: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000011085

Table 2.

Tumor and Surgical Characteristics

Characteristics Total (n = 423) Plastic Surgeon Involved P
No (n = 148) Yes (n = 275)
Tumor left side, no. (%) 215 (50.8) 82 (55.4) 133 (48.4) 0.167
Tumor localization, no. (%) 0.122
 Upper inner quadrant 67 (15.8) 17 (11.5) 50 (18.2)
 Lower inner quadrant 44 (10.4) 17 (11.5) 27 (9.8)
 Upper outer quadrant 185 (43.7) 71 (48.0) 114 (41.5)
 Lower outer quadrant 72 (17.0) 22 (14.9) 50 (18.2)
 Central 13 (3.1) 3 (2.0) 10 (3.6)
 Overlapping 42 (9.9) 18 (12.2) 24 (8.7)
Histologic finding, no. (%) 0.347
 IDC 227 (53.7) 74 (50.0) 153 (55.6)
 IDLC 68 (16.1) 25 (16.9) 43 (15.6)
 ILC 34 (8.0) 10 (6.8) 24 (8.7)
 DCIS 68 (16.1) 28 (19.9) 40 (14.5)
 LCIS 5 (1.2) 4 (2.7) 1 (0.4)
 Other 21 (5.0) 7 (4.7) 14 (5.1)
cT category, no. (%)a 0.001
 In situ 74 (17.5) 32 (21.6) 42 (15.3)
 1a 9 (2.1) 6 (4.1) 3 (1.1)
 1b 63 (14.9) 32 (21.6) 31 (11.3)
 1c 152 (35.9) 49 (33.1) 103 (37.5)
 2 118 (27.9) 27 (18.2) 91 (33.1)
 3 6 (1.4) 2 (1.4) 4 (1.5)
 4 1 (0.2) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.4)
cN category, no. (%)a 0.864
 0 386 (91.3) 137 (92.6) 249 (90.5)
 1 29 (6.9) 9 (6.1) 20 (7.3)
 2 3 (0.7) 1 (0.7) 2 (0.7)
 3 5 (1.2) 1 (0.7) 4 (1.5)
Neoadjuvant therapy, no. (%) 109 (25.8) 32 (21.6) 77 (28.0) 0.153
Maximum radiologic diameter of disease,b mean ± SD, mm 18.0 ± 13.2 13.1 ± 8.9 20.7 ± 14.4 0.001
Localization technique, no. (%)a 0.001
 Palpation 64 (15.1) 12 (8.1) 52 (18.9)
 Wire 258 (61.0) 51 (34.5) 207 (75.3)
 Ultrasound 4 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 4 (1.5)
 Iodine-125 98 (23.2) 85 (57.4) 13 (4.7)
Category of reconstruction technique, no. (%)c 0.001
 1 237 (56.0) 147 (99.3) 90 (32.7)
 2 68 (16.1) 1 (0.7) 67 (24.4)
 3 104 (24.6) 0 (0.0) 104 (37.8)
 4 14 (3.3) 0 (0.0) 14 (5.1)
Shave, no. (%) 84 (19.9) 25 (16.9) 59 (21.5) 0.262
Maximum pathologic lumpectomy diameter, mean ± SD, mm 58.8 ± 19.2 59.6 ± 19.7 58.4 ± 18.8 0.559
Incomplete resection, no. (%) 38 (9.0) 19 (12.8) 19 (6.9) 0.065
Additional surgery, no. (%) 39 (9.2) 19 (12.8) 20 (7.3) 0.077

cN, clinical lymph node status; cT, clinical primary tumor size; DCIS, ductal carcinoma in situ; IDC, invasive ductal carcinoma; IDLC, invasive ductolobular carcinoma; ILC, invasive lobular carcinoma; LCIS, lobular carcinoma in situ; TNM, tumor, lymph node, and metastasis.

a

TNM classification following the American Joint Committee on Cancer’s Cancer Staging Manual, Eighth Edition (Guiliano AG, Connolly JL, Edge SB, et al. Breast cancer: major changes in the American Joint Committee on Cancer Eighth Edition Cancer Staging Manual. CA Cancer J Clin. 2017;67:290–303).

b

Maximum diameter of total area to be excised, including all foci of pathologically proven invasive tumor and carcinoma in situ and nonmass enhancement.

c

1: Primary closure; 2: volume rearrangement; 3: volume reduction; 4: volume replacement.