Frequency of recurrent breast carcinoma after modified radical mastectomy

Aim: to determine the frequency of recurrence of breast carcinoma after modified radical mastectomy in patients of breast cancer. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted at department of surgery,sahiwal medical college,sahiwal from september 2015 to august 2016. total 100 female patients of breast cancer having age from 30 to 60 years were selected and modified radical mastectomy was performed. after 6 months,recurrence of breast carcinoma was assessed. results: age range of the patients was 30-60 years and mean age of the patients was 43.56 ± 8.9 years. recurrence of breast carcinoma was noted in 18 (18%) patients.recurrence of breast carcinoma was observed in 7 (12.07%) patients of age group 30-45 years and 11 (26.19%) patients of age group 46-60 years. insignificant (p = 0.112) association of age of the patients with recurrence of breast was noted. out of 56 (56%) primary paras,recurrence of breast carcinoma was noticed in 15 (26.79%) patients and out of 44 (44%) multiparas,recurrence of breast carcinoma was noticed in 3 (6.82%) patients. primary paras were found with significantly higher rate of recurrence of breast carcinoma as compared to multiparas with p value 0.017. conclusion: results of this study showed a higher rate of recurrence of breast carcinoma after modified radical mastectomy. most of the patients with breast cancer belonged to younger age group and no association of recurrence of breast cancer with age,marital status and use of contraceptive drugs was noted. findings of this study showed significant association of recurrence of breast cancer with parity and family history of breast cancer.