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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 24.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2010 Oct 13;117(5):916–924. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25505

Table 5.

Recurrence Patterns

Characteristic CM
n=1011
(%)
SSM
n=799
(%)
P
Any recurrence .04
No 934 (92.4) 755 (94.5)
Yes 77 (7.6) 42 (5.3)
Local recurrence .11
No 997 (98.6) 794 (99.4)
Yes 14 (1.4) 5 (0.6)
Regional recurrence .70
No 998 (98.7) 787 (98.5)
Yes 13 (1.3) 12 (1.5)
Systemic recurrence .05
No 941 (93.1) 761 (95.2)
Yes 70 (6.9) 38 (4.8)

CM, conventional mastectomy; SSM, skin-sparing mastectomy.