Publications from MFAC Studies

On this page you will find information about publications from previous MFAC studies

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.

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.


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 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.

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.

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