Importance of long-term monitoring of patients with breast reconstructions: a case of 10-year cancer recurrence

Sarah Hardwick; Sanjeev Hariparsad; Nakul Kain; Charles M Malata

doi:10.1080/23320885.2021.2011288

Importance of long-term monitoring of patients with breast reconstructions: a case of 10-year cancer recurrence

Case Reports Plast Surg Hand Surg. 2021 Dec 13;9(1):1-6. doi: 10.1080/23320885.2021.2011288. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Sarah Hardwick¹, Sanjeev Hariparsad², Nakul Kain², Charles M Malata^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Cambridge Breast Unit, Addenbrooke's University Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
² Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Department, Addenbrooke's University Hospital, Cambridge, UK.
³ Postgraduate Medical Institute at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge & Chelmsford, UK.

Abstract

We report a case of breast cancer recurrence in a 41 -year old female ten years post mastectomy, and two years post tertiary DIEP flap reconstruction. Reconstructed patients, especially those with aggressive cancers, must be informed of long term risk of recurrence and monitored long term following mastectomy and reconstruction.

Keywords: Breast cancer recurrence; breast cancer monitoring.

Publication types

Case Reports