Focus issues of breast-conserving surgery in early breast cancer / 国际外科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Breast-conserving surgery (BCS) has become a standard surgical method for early breast cancer.However,with the standardization of BCS,there are still many core issues in clinical practice.First of all,although the indications for BCS generally reach a consensus,the effects of age and tumor size on BCS are still worthy of attention;in addition,how to ensure the negative margin and repair tissue defect that achieve better breast shape are the key to the success of BCS;what's more,the improvement of margin evaluating methods and the application of oncoplastic technic,neoadjuvant chemotherapy,axillary sentinel lymph node biopsy,mastoscopic technique in the BCS,new artificial materials and 3D printing technology,all for the development of BCS provides a better future.This article will summarize the above-mentioned focus issues on early breast cancer.