Study finds substantial variability in rate of additional surgery after partial mastectomy
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Nearly one in four women who undergo a partial mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer have another surgery to remove additional tissue (reexcision), and there is substantial surgeon and institutional variation in the rate of reexcisions that cannot be explained by patients' clinical characteristics, according to a study in the February 1 issue of JAMA.