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Local recurrence (LR) is the return of ipsilateral breast disease, while locorregional relapse is the resurgence of neoplasia in the breast and/or drainage chains after conservative surgery or mastectomy for the treatment of cancer. The psychological impact may be significant for women, since it means a new surgical approach, new alternatives of systemic treatment, causing a feeling of intractability of the disease and decrease of the possibility of cure. LR rates have been decreasing over time: earlier diagnosis, evolution of imaging and pathological analysis, and the addition of adjuvant treatment (especially systemic) are factors related to better locorregional control.
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BBSG – Brazilian Breast Study Group. (2019). Local Recurrence After Surgery. In: Novita, G., Frasson, A., Millen, E., Zerwes, F., Cavalcante, F. (eds) Breast Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-13636-9_54
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