Fig. 3
From: Distant metastasis dynamics following subsequent surgeries after primary breast cancer removal
Distribution of surgical treatments for IBTR (red line), CBC (fuchsia line) and reconstruction (blue line) during the follow-up with t = 0 at primary tumour removal. RECs were performed mainly during the first 5 years (median time 2.5 years) while IBTR removal had a more protracted distribution (median time 4.3 years) and CBCs had a steadier pattern consistent with the notion that the occurrence of a CBC may be considered a random event