La mastectomía bilateral con reconstrucción inmediata en pacientes con cáncer de mama ¿retrasa el inicio de terapias adyuvantes? / Bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction as a treatment for breast cancer: is it the cause of delays in adjuvant therapies?

Resumen Introducción El tratamiento estándar del cáncer de mama es la cirugía conservadora, aunque actualmente existe un incremento de cirugías más radicales, incluyendo reconstrucción. Estas técnicas, aparentemente más complejas, pueden suponer mayor índice de complicaciones y, por ende, mayor intervalo de tiempo entre la cirugía y el inicio de terapias adyuvantes, lo que puede condicionar peores resultados de los tratamientos, traducido en el índice de recidivas locales y/o sistémicas o incluso de las tasas de supervivencia. Objetivo Revisar si la mastectomía bilateral con reconstrucción inmediata (MBRI) supone un retraso en el inicio del tratamiento adyuvante (TA). Materiales y Método Análisis retrospectivo de pacientes con MBRI como tratamiento de cáncer. Variables principales: tiempo transcurrido entre la cirugía y el inicio de la TA, definiendo retraso como más de 90 días. Otras variables: datos del paciente, tipo de intervención, complicaciones. Se analizan datos por tipo de intervención y si presentaban cirugía conservadora previa. Resultados 296 pacientes con MBRI, 171 (57,7%) por cáncer de novo y 125 (42,3%) por neoplasia recidivada o un segundo primario (ipsi o contralateral). La tasa general de complicaciones fue de 21% y no difirió entre los grupos con y sin radioterapia previa (p 0,05). La técnica quirúrgica asociada a una tasa mayor de complicaciones fue el patrón corto de Wise. No hubo diferencias en el resto. No existió un retraso significativo mayor de 90 días en los grupos con o sin radioterapia, ni según la técnica quirúrgica. Conclusiones La MBRI no ocasiona retrasos significativos en el inicio de TA.

Background Breast conserving surgery is already the standard treatment of breast cancer although mastectomy and radical techniques including reconstruction are currently increasing. These techniques, apparently more complex, can develop more complications and delay adjuvant therapies initiation, conditioning worst results of treatments, with higher rates of local and/or systemic recurrences or even survival rates. Aim Review whether bilateral mastectomy with immediate reconstruction (MBRI) conditionate a delay in the initiation of adjuvant therapy (TA). Materials and Method A retrospective analysis of patients with MBRI as a cancer treatment. Main variable: Time to TA, was defined as the number of days between surgery and the first dose of chemotherapy or radiotherapy. Other variables: patient data, type of intervention and complications. We analyzed the data by type of intervention and if they had been previously treated from another breast tumor. Results In all, 296 patients with MBRI were included, 171 with a Cancer de novo and 125 already treated that now have a relapsed neoplasia or a second primary (IPSI or contralateral). Overall complication rate was 21%. Complication rate did not differ between groups either or neither previous radiotherapy. The surgical technique associated with a higher rate of complications was the short Wise pattern, with no differences in the others. There was no delay greater than 90 days in the groups with radiotherapy or without, or according to the surgical technique. Conclusions MBRI does not cause significant delays in the beginning of adjuvant therapies.

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[Regional diastolic function is more preserved in viable than non-viable myocardium. Demonstration by pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging in basal conditions]. / La función diastólica regional está más conservada en el miocardio viable que en el no viable. Demostración mediante Doppler pulsado tisular realizado en condiciones basales.

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to analyze the differences in regional diastolic function between viable and non-viable myocardium when assessed by pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging performed in basal conditions. PATIENTS AND METHODS: The study population included 21 patients with three-vessel disease and regional systolic dysfunction. These patients underwent transthoracic echocardiographic study and pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging in basal conditions and, in addition, stress echocardiography with dobutamine performed by a different investigator. RESULTS: Three-hundred and twenty-two segments were studied, 140 of which (43%) had systolic dysfunction. Of the 140 segments with systolic dysfunction, 52 (37%) were considered hypokinetic by transthoracic echocardiography, 80 (57%) akinetic and 8 (6%) dyskinetic. As assessed by dobutamine echocardiography, 67 segments (48%) were considered viable and 73 (52%) non-viable. Viable segments had a higher peak velocity of the early diastolic wave e (5.5 +/- 1.9 vs. 4.7 +/- 2.0 cm/s; p = 0.03). An e/a ratio < 1 was more frequent in non-viable versus non-viable segments (52 vs. 70%; p < 0.05). There were no differences in relation to regional isovolumetric relaxation time and peak velocity of a wave. Although peak velocity of s wave was lower in non-viable segments, differences were not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: Compared with non-viable segments, viable myocardial segments have less impaired regional diastolic function as assessed by pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging.

[Usefulness of the new imaging techniques, second harmonic and contrast in endocardial border visualization. Reliability analysis in segmental contraction assessment]. / Utilidad de las nuevas técnicas de imagen, segundo armónico y contraste en la visualización del borde endocárdico. Análisis de la reproducibilidad en la valoración de la contracción segmentaria.

AIM: This study sought to determine if newer techniques significantly improve endocardial border definition in suboptimal acoustic windows, and the reproducibility of the evaluation of wall motion abnormalities according to the different techniques and degrees of expertise. METHODS: We studied a total of 20 consecutive patients with poor ultrasound window, to assess, if the use of tissue harmonic imaging (2H) or contrast with second harmonic (Levovist ; 4 g i.v.), (2HC) improves endocardial border visualization. In order to analyze inter and intraobserver reliability with the different techniques, four observers with different degrees of expertise were each asked to assess the segmental wall motion score of 31 consecutive echocardiograms. RESULTS: The quality of the image was clearly superior with 2H and 2HC compared with 2D. This difference was larger in apex and lateral endocardial border from 0.9 and 1 to 1.5 and 1.64 (p < 0.001) with 2H. 2HC was found to slightly but significantly improve the endocardial definition in apex compared with 2H (1.64 vs 1.81; p = 0.016). The percentage of segments assessed for interobserver variability significantly improve with 2H and 2HC (2D = 50%, 2H = 75% and 2HC = 95%). Interobserver agreement with the different techniques between the experienced observers did not statistically differ. The less experienced observer presented a significantly lower interobserver reliability than those with experience, and did not improve with 2H and 2HC. CONCLUSIONS: a) Native tissue harmonic imaging and second harmonic imaging with contrast (Levovist ) significantly improves endocardial border visualization; b) the newer imaging techniques significantly improve performance (percentage of evaluated segments) without decreasing reliability, and c) experience in assessing wall motion is the main factor in interobserver agreement.