Authors analize 256 patients admitted in III Clinica Chirurgica
o/ University o/ Rome «La Sapienza» for breast cancer,
/rom 1982 to 1992; 16 o/ them had later deueloped another
neoplasm in the opposite breast.
After a retrospectiue study o/ the clinical bistory o/ ali patients
they came to the conclusion that bilateral neoplasm
frequency is similar to that reported in world litterature (1-
18%) (23, 9, 2).
Moreover, are analized the primary risk factors 101' a bilatel'al
carcinoma, and tbey consider the utility 01 the propbylactic
surgical treatment 01 the opposite breast
