MFAC Publications

Read about past MFAC projects

Current axillary management of patients with early breast cancer and low-volume nodal disease undergoing primary surgery: results of a United Kingdom national practice survey. 
Fairhurst K, McIntosh SA, Cutress RI, Potter S; Our Citable Collaborators. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 May 10. doi: 10.1007/s10549-024-07328-4. PMID: 38724821. 

Current use of drains and management of seroma following mastectomy and axillary surgery: results of a United Kingdom national practice survey. 
Fairhurst K, Roberts K, Fairbrother P, Potter S: Diamond Study Collaborative. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2023 Oct 25. doi: 10.1007/s10549-023-07042-7. PMID: 37878150. 

Mastitis and Mammary Abscess Management Audit (MAMMA) in the UK and Ireland.
MAMMA Research Collaborative. Courtney A, Clymo J, Parks R et al. Br J Surg. 2024 Jan 3;111(1):znad333. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znad333. PMID: 37930678. 

BREAST ONCA: Breast Surgery Training Opportunities National Collaborative Audit. 
Humphreys A, Courtney A, Morgan J et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2023 May; 49 (5): e221. doi: 10.1016/j.ejso.2023.03.022
 
MARECA study research collaborative. The MARECA (national study of management of breast cancer locoregional recurrence and oncological outcomes) study: National practice questionnaire of United Kingdom multi-disciplinary decision making. 
Morgan JL, Cheng V, Barry PA et al. Eur J Surg Oncol. 2022 July; 48(7): 1510-1519. doi: 10.1016/j.esjo.2022.03.017. Epub 2022 Apr 4. PMID: 35410760. 

Mastitis and Mammary abscess Management Audit (MAMMA). 
Koh A, Parks RM, Courtney A, Leff DR, MAMMA Steering Committee. Br J Surg. 2021. PMID: 34270817. 

The NeST (Neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer) study: National Practice Questionnaire of United Kingdom multi-disciplinary decision making. 
Whitehead I, Irwin GW, Bannon F, et al. BMC Cancer. 2021 Jan 22;21(1):90. doi: 10.1186/s12885-020-07757-6. PMID: 33482770; PMCID: PMC7825231.

Short-term safety outcomes of mastectomy and immediate implant-based breast reconstruction with and without mesh (iBRA): a multicentre, prospective cohort study
Potter S, Conroy EJ, Cutress RI, Williamson PR, Whisker L, Thrush S, Skillman J, Barnes NLP, Mylvaganam S, Teasdale E, Jain A, Gardiner MD, Blazeby JM, Holcombe C; iBRA Steering Group; Breast Reconstruction Research Collaborative.  Lancet Oncol. 2019 Feb;20(2):254-266.

The impact of immediate breast reconstruction on the time to delivery of adjuvant therapy: the iBRA-2 study
O'Connell RL, Rattay T, Dave RV, Trickey A, Skillman J, Barnes NLP, Gardiner M, Harnett A, Potter S, Holcombe C; iBRA-2 Steering Group; Breast Reconstruction Research Collaborative.  
Br J Cancer. 2019 Apr;120(9):883-895.

The NeST (neoadjuvant systemic therapy in breast cancer) study - Protocol for a prospective multi-centre cohort study to assess the current utilization and short-term outcomes of neoadjuvant systemic therapies in breast cancer.
Irwin GW, Bannon F, Coles CE, Copson E, Cutress RI, Dave RV, Grayson M, Holcombe C, Irshad S, O'Brien C, O'Connell RL, Palmieri C, Shaaban AM, Sharma N, Singh J, Whitehead I, Potter S, McIntosh SA. Int J Surg Protoc. 2019 Nov 11;18:5-11.

Current practice and short-term outcomes of therapeutic mammaplasty in the international TeaM multicentre prospective cohort study 
O'Connell RL, Baker E, Trickey A, Rattay T, Whisker L, Macmillan RD, Potter S; TeaM Steering Group; Mammary Fold Academic and Research Collaborative. Br J Surg. 2018 Dec;105(13):1778-1792 

Breast Reconstruction Research Collaborative. The iBRA-2 (immediate breast reconstruction and adjuvant therapy audit) study: protocol for a prospective national multicentre cohort study to evaluate the impact of immediate breast reconstruction on the delivery of adjuvant therapy
Dave R, O'Connell R, Rattay T, Tolkien Z, Barnes N, Skillman J, Williamson P, Conroy E, Gardiner M, Harnett A, O'Brien C, Blazeby J, Potter S, Holcombe C. BMJ Open. 2016 Oct 7;6(10):e012678.

The TeaM (Therapeutic Mammaplasty) study: Protocol for a prospective multi-centre cohort study to evaluate the practice and outcomes of therapeutic mammaplasty
Baker E, Kim B, Rattay T, Williams K, Ives C, Remoundos D, Holcombe C, Gardiner MD, Jain A, Sutton R, Achuthan R, Turton P, Fairbrother P, Brock L, Aggarwal S, Basu N, Murphy J, Trickey A, Macmillan RD, Potter S; TeaM Steering Group; Mammary Fold Academic and Research Collaborative. Int J Surg Protoc. 2016 Sep 14;1:3-10.

Variation in the management of ductal carcinoma in situ in the UK: Results of the Mammary Fold National Practice Survey
Mammary Fold Academic and Research Collaborative. 
Eur J Surg Oncol. 2016 Aug;42(8):1153-61.