1546 / 1816
Kummerow, JAMA Surg 2015
USA-Low risk/BCS eligible
Younger
women were more likely to undergo mastectomy irrespective of tumor size
Steeper
increases
in mastectomy rates for women with
N0
,
smaller tumors, DCIS
Breast
reconstruction increased
from 11.6% to
36.4%
Bilateral mastectomy for unilateral disease increased
from 1.9% to
11.2%
Reconstruction for bilateral
mastectomy
increased
from 36.9% to
57.2%
Temporal trends: 1,216,820 patients, NCDB 1998-2011
35% had mastectomy