Evolution of surgical treatment for breast cancer

Abstract

Breast cancer holds the leading position among womens cancer. Nowadays extensive experience has been acquired in surgical treatment of this disease. However, a significant proportion of young and middle-aged patients, the expansion of adjuvant therapy capabilities and the effectiveness of integrated treatment dictate a need to pay more attention to the aestheticity of surgical interventions. The review analyzes the results of the modern studies on the effectiveness and aestheticity of the most common types of surgical treatment of breast cancer; the evolutionary trends in oncosurgery are presented.