Ahmad Kaviani, Nassim Sodagari, Sara Sheikhbahaei, Vahid Eslami, Nima Hafezi-Nejad, Amin Safavi, Maryam Noparast, Alfred Fitoussi
Surgical management of breast cancer has evolved considerably over the last two decades. There has been a major shift toward less-invasive local treatments, from radical mastectomy to breast-conserving therapy (BCT) and oncoplastic breast surgery (OBS). In order to investigate the efficacy of each of the three abovementioned methods, a literature review was conducted for measurable outcomes including local recurrence, survival, cosmetic outcome, quality of life (QOL), and health economy. From the point of view of oncological result, there is no difference between mastectomy and BCT in local recurrence rate and survival...
September 12, 2013: ISRN Oncology