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Abstract INTRODUCTION: Nipple sparing mastectomy (NSM) consists in the complete excision of the breast gland, mantaining the subcutaneous tissue, skin and nipple-areola complex (NAC). Recently, the NSM was developed as a therapeutic option not just for the patients that need risk-reducing surgery, but also for patients that have tumors not involving the NAC. OBJECTIVES: Evaluate the overall survival, disease-free survival and local recurrence of the patients that underwent NSM. The only exclusion criteria for NSM was lesion at the NAC. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Retrospective study that evaluate the number of cases of NSM performed between 2003 and 2015 in a private sector in the south of Brazil. RESULTS: A total of 224 patients underwent NSM during the period of 2003-2015. The mean age was 47 years. From the total, 43 patients underwent risk-reducing NSM and 181 therapeutic NSM (64 unilateral and 117 bilateral). In those cases of bilateral procedures all of them underwent risk-reducing surgery on the contralateral breast (there were no bilateral cancers). Of this 181 cases, 108 (59%) have familiar history of breast cancer, considering first, second and third-degree relatives. Twenty six patients (14%) have history of previous breast cancer diagnosed. In this group of 181 patients with therapeutic NSM, 29 (16%) developed any unfavorable outcomes, 13 (7%) local recurrence, 4 (2%) ipsilateral node recurrence, 3 (1,6%) contralateral recurrence and 9 (5%) distant metastasis. None of the local recurrences occurred at the NAC, neither the cited unfavorable outcomes occurred in the risk-reducing setting. In a median follow-up of 47,7 months, the overall survival was 95% (8 deaths related to breast cancer) and the disease-free survival was 83,7%. CONCLUSIONS: The overall survival rates of 95% at 47 months of follow-up is similar to the literature rates, that range from 93 to 97% in 5 years, depending on study's inclusion criterias. In our study, 14% of patients had previous breast cancer and 59% of patients treated for breast cancer by NSM had positive familiar history of breast cancer. This results in an unselected group of patients confirms the safety of this therapeutic method as an option for breast cancer patients. Citation Format: Frasson A, Zerwes F, Souza A, Rossato N, Miranda I, Trindade V, Vollbrecht B, Santos M, Viegas J. Nipple sparing mastectomy in unselect patients: Experience of an academic center in the south of Brazil [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P5-22-19.

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