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Breast conservation: Is the survival better for mastectomy?
Author(s) -
Hwang E. Shelley
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.23622
Subject(s) - medicine , mastectomy , radiation therapy , breast cancer , observational study , stage (stratigraphy) , overall survival , systemic therapy , surgery , breast conserving surgery , oncology , general surgery , cancer , paleontology , biology
Breast conserving therapy with radiation is now firmly established as an effective treatment option for early stage disease, and has been thought for decades to yield equivalent survival outcomes to mastectomy. However, recently published observational studies as well as meta‐analyses suggest not only a locoregional, but possibly a systemic benefit to BCT. Choice of surgery and radiation is only one of numerous factors impacting survival following surgery for early stage breast cancer; competing comorbidities and risk of treatment related side effects from radiotherapy must also be considered in order to make optimal treatment recommendations. J. Surg. Oncol. 2014 110:58–61 . © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.