This is a retrospective and prospective chart review of surgical outcomes and collecting patient satisfaction outcomes using validated surveys for oncoplastic breast surgery and Goldilocks mastectomy.
This is a retrospective and prospective chart review from 2015-2045 of oncoplastic breast surgery and mastectomy patients at Tufts Medicine.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
1,500
Breast conservation surgery incorporating an oncologic partial mastectomy with ipsilateral defect repair using volume displacement or volume replacement techniques with contralateral symmetry surgery as appropriate
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
RECRUITINGMelrose Wakefield Hospital
Melrose, Massachusetts, United States
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCancer Stage
The TNM system of cancer classification determines the stage of cancer based on type of cancer, size of cancer, lymph node status, presence of metastasis
Time frame: From enrollment to up to 1 month after surgery.
Patient Satisfaction
Measured using validated surveys pre-operative and post-operative (2 week, 6 month, 1 year).
Time frame: From enrollment to 1 year after surgery.
Cancer Recurrence
Recurrence of cancer following surgery and adjuvant therapy
Time frame: From enrollment to 20 years after surgery
Positive Margin Rate
The investigators will measure rates of positive margins after cancer resection that requires additional resection.
Time frame: From enrollment to 1 year after initial surgery
Surgical Complication Rate
Complications from surgery (infection, wound dehiscence, seroma, hematoma, etc.) will be measured and aggregated into a overall rate of major complications (requires intervention) and minor complications as percentages.
Time frame: From date of surgery up to 5 years after surgery
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