Impact of hormonal therapy and other adjuvant therapies on contralateral breast volume change after implant-based breast reconstruction

Abstract

Background Adjuvant therapy after breast surgery, including tamoxifen or aromatase inhibitors, improves the postoperative outcomes and long-term survival of breast cancer patients. The aim of this study was to determine whether volume changes occurred in the contralateral breast during hormonal or other adjuvant therapies.

Keywords

• Surgery, plastic
• Reconstructive surgical procedures
• Mammaplasty
• Hormone antagonists
• Tamoxifen