ABSTRACT
Background: was to investigate the predictors of injection of the nipple areola complex in breast cancer patients to define the indications for mastectomy with immediate reconstruction preserving the skin and nipple areola complex, at Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplásicas. Methods: randomly reviewed 100 clinical records of patients diagnosed with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy, including patients with diagnosis in Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Neoplasicas, excluding patients treated with surgery in another institution or tratmiento neoadjuvant chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Results: only 76 patients met the inclusion Criterior. The average age 47.32, the most common location in the breast was tunor the outer surface quadrants, the average distance from the nipple is 33,25 mm. .The average size of tumors is of 30.66 mm (range, 2 to 70 mm). The most common histological type is ductal cancer, 52 breast (68.4%). 25% of this undertaking paceintes nipple areola complex. Multicentricity correlate with the state of the nipple. Conclusions: We found a significant association between nipple areola commitment multicentricity.