A comparison of methods of cosmetic assessment in breast conservation treatment

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Christie, DRH [1 ]
OBrien, MY [1 ]
Christie, JA [1 ]
Kron, T [1 ]
Ferguson, SA [1 ]
Hamilton, CS [1 ]
Denham, JW [1 ]
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[1] NEWCASTLE MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSP, DEPT RADIAT ONCOL, NEWCASTLE, NSW, AUSTRALIA
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10.1016/S0960-9776(96)90004-1
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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The aim of this study was to compare live and photographic methods of assessing variables which can influence cosmetic outcome following breast conserving treatment. This study was undertaken in 47 patients who had previously received breast conserving surgery, radiotherapy and simultaneous chemotherapy for stage I and PI breast cancer and a matched group of patients who had received surgery and radiotherapy alone. The assessment consisted of patient and spouse self-assessment, a live assessment by two trained observers and a photographic assessment by five observers, two trained and three untrained. Patients rated their outcome more favourably than their spouses, and both rated the outcomes above those of the other observers. Quantitative variables such as measurement of nipple retraction were assessed by different observers more consistently than qualitative variables such as overall perception of assessed cosmetic outcome. Upward retraction of the nipple emerged as the most powerful determinant of cosmetic outcome In the eyes of both the patient and the trained observers and was reproducibly measured by both live and photographic techniques, The distinction between post-surgical effects and post-radiation effects was more readily made by live assessment, Photographic assessment is as effective as live assessment in post-surgical cosmetic assessment. It provides reliable information about all of the factors which were important to both the patient and observers in formulating an overall cosmetic outcome score, The effects of surgery, which include nipple retraction, need to be taken into account in future trials of adjuvant therapy in which cosmesis is an important outcome measure. Stratification using upward retraction of the nipple is a possibility.
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