Curative use of forequarter amputation for recurrent breast cancer over an axillary area: a case report and literature review

Table 1 Reports of forequarter amputation for curative treatment of axillary recurrence breast cancer

Reference	Number of patients	Age/Gender	Diagnosis	Indication	Wound complication	Local recurrence	Survival
Pressman [2]	2	55/F	Recurrent	Curative	None delayed healing	None	A (48 months)
		67/F					A (48 months)
		67/F					A (36 months)
Sakamura et al. [3]	1	57/F	Recurrent	Curative	Flap fringe necrosis	None	D (22 Months)
Goodman et al. [5]	1	56/F	Recurrent	Curative	wound care flap necrosis	None	A (35 months)
Ayvaz et al. [4]	1	54/M	Recurrent	Curative	Not mentioned	Lung metastasis at 6 months	D (11 months)
Tsai et al. [current study]	1	52/F	Recurrent	Curative	None	None	A (36 months)

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