Role of surgery in multidisciplinary treatments of breast cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1006-9801.2010.03.001
- VernacularTitle:手术治疗在乳腺癌综合治疗中的地位
- Author:
Qiang SUN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Breast neoplasms;
Surgery;
Multidisciplinary treatment
- From:
Cancer Research and Clinic
2010;22(3):145-147,151
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Though the development of non-surgical treatments has improved the local and systemic control of breast cancer, surgery still plays an important role. For early breast cancer, breast-conserving surgery (via periareolar incision and/or axillary incision for some suitable cases), skin-sparing mastectomy with immediate breast reconstruction and modified radical mastectomy can be chosen individually. For locally advanced breast cancer, neoadjuvant therapy followed by surgery is recommended. Surgery can improve local control and life quality for recurrent and metastatic breast cancer; furthermore, recent evidence also shows some survival benefits. At present, the treatment strategy of breast cancer is surgery-based multidisciplinary approach, and surgery is still the mainstay of treatment no matter in survival and life-quality improving.
