Abstract
Introduction: In the last decade new surgical techniques have been incorporated, such as conservative oncoplastic surgery and sentinel lymph node biopsy for the treatment of breast cancer. The objective of the present study is to describe the type of surgery performed in women with breast cancer in a cancer center.
Methods: The present descriptive, retrospective study was carried out in the Oncology Hospital "Julio Enrique Paredes C" Solca-Ambato. The clinical histories of the period 2008-2014 of patients with breast cancer were reviewed. The variables analyzed were: age, tumor location, clinical stage and type of surgery.
Results: 114 patients with breast cancer, between 40 and 69 years old, underwent surgical treatment at the hospital; infiltrating ductal carcinoma in 69 %; Clinical stage II corresponds to 49 %; the largest location was in the upper external quadrant of the left breast. 59 % underwent a modified radical mastectomy. 12 % of cases were performed breast reconstruction with transverse rectus abdominis muscle flap.
Conclusion: In this report there is an increase in the number of cases of breast cancer, which should be submitted to surgical treatment, in recent years we see a higher incidence of breast-conserving surgeries.