Abstract: Objective Explore the reason for recurrence of breast cancer on the chest wall after mastectomy. Methods For 85 patients with local recurrence on the chest wall after mastectomy clinical data and pathologic data were reviewed retrospectively. Results Most recurrence occur within two years postoperation. About fifty percent patients would die within two years after recurrence. This group patients had unfavourable prognosis with the 5 years survived rate of 29.4%. Conclusion The patients who had larger prim...