World Journal of Surgical Oncology (Jan 2010)

Recent advances in the surgical care of breast cancer patients

  • Vitelli Carlo E,
  • Gigli Raffaella,
  • Farina Massimo,
  • Mascaro Alessandra,
  • Fortunato Lucio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1477-7819-8-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
p. 5

Abstract

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Abstract A tremendous improvement in every aspect of breast cancer management has occurred in the last two decades. Surgeons, once solely interested in the extipartion of the primary tumor, are now faced with the need to incorporate a great deal of information, and to manage increasingly complex tasks. As a comprehensive assessment of all aspects of breast cancer care is beyond the scope of the present paper, the current review will point out some of these innovations, evidence some controversies, and stress the need for the surgeon to specialize in the various aspects of treatment and to be integrated into the multisciplinary breast unit team.