# RETRACTION: The Impact of Breast‐Conserving Surgery and Modified Radical Mastectomy on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients With Early Breast Cancer

PMC · DOI: 10.1111/iwj.70577 · International Wound Journal · 2025-04-18

## TL;DR

This retracted study compared postoperative wound complications after two types of breast cancer surgeries but was found to have been accepted due to a compromised peer review process.

## Contribution

The paper's findings are invalidated due to a flawed peer review process, with no new valid contributions from the authors.

## Key findings

- The article was retracted due to a compromised peer review process.
- No valid conclusions or findings from the study can be considered reliable.
- The authors did not respond to the retraction notice.

## Abstract

RETRACTION:

YangX.
, 
LinQ.
, and 
WangQ.
, “The Impact of Breast‐Conserving Surgery and Modified Radical Mastectomy on Postoperative Wound Complications in Patients With Early Breast Cancer,” International Wound Journal
21, no. 2 (2024): e14685, 10.1111/iwj.14685.

The above article, published online on 07 February 2024, in Wiley Online Library (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/), has been retracted by agreement between the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Keith Harding; and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Following an investigation by the publisher, all parties have concluded that this article was accepted solely on the basis of a compromised peer review process. The editors have therefore decided to retract the article. The authors did not respond to our notice regarding the retraction.

## Linked entities

- **Diseases:** breast cancer (MONDO:0004989)

## Full-text entities

- **Diseases:** Breast Cancer (MESH:D001943)
- **Species:** Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606]

## Full text

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