EP-124 Local Recurrence after Breast Cancer Surgery – 5 year follow up. Breast Cancer Unit University Hospital North Tees
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Neill Allen; Yogesh Jain; Matei Dordea
- Source
- British Journal of Surgery. 109
- Subject
- Surgery
- Language
- ISSN
- 1365-2168
0007-1323
Introduction Breast conserving surgery in the form of wide local excision with sentinel node biopsy is a common treatment option for patients with early breast cancer. The National Institute for Health can Care Excellence recommends that each Breast Unit should audit their local recurrence rates. Aim Audit our unit's 5 year local recurrence rate as recommend by national guidelines National Standard Early and locally advanced breast cancer: diagnosis and management NICE guideline [NG101] Published: 18 July 2018 Method Patients who had a breast cancer operation in 2014 were included. Histology records were checked to confirm diagnosis and check for any histological recurrence in the following 5 years. Data collected were Age at diagnosis, the disease free interval in months and the site of recurrence. Results 531 patients were included in the study of these 22 patients had local recurrence defined as recurrence in the ipsilateral breast, chest wall or local axillary nodes. The local recurrence rate was 4.14% for this cohort of patients. This is below the recommended The mean age at diagnosis was 62. The mean disease free interval was 39 months. Recommendation Our unit are meeting the national local recurrence rate for early and locally advanced breast cancer. Plan for re-audit Re-audit annually to ensure maintaining quality clinical care. To review method of admission (breast screening vs symptomatic clinic) and the method of detection for the recurrence.