TITLE:
Prediction of Nipple and Areola Complex Invasion in Breast Cancer Patients. Clinical and Pathological Study of Surgical Specimens
AUTHORS:
Mohammed H. Goda, Mostafa Abdel Rahman, Emadeldin R. Matar
KEYWORDS:
Nipple and Areola Invasion, Breast Cancer, Clinical and Pathological
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Pathology,
Vol.11 No.3,
June
1,
2021
ABSTRACT: Breast conservation surgery (BCS) and nipple-areola-sparing (NAS) mastectomy have been recognized as two milestones in this period. This study included 60 Egyptian female patients with breast cancer, all of them were subjected to modified radical mastectomy operation. Methods: This study included female patients > 18 years old who have breast cancer with healthy
looking non invaded skin of nipple and areola and excluded patients 4 cm; 3) No multifocal/multicentric tumor; 4) Absence of lymph node invasion; 5) Tumor grade
(grade I, II); 6) Peripheral not central tumor; 7) No sub-areolar lymphovascular invasion (LVI); 8) ER receptor positive; 9) PR receptor positive; 10)
HER2 negative.