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Breast-Conserving Surgery

Known as: Quadrantectomies, Breast, Surgery, Breast-Conserving, Quadrantectomy, Breast 
An operation to remove the breast cancer but not the breast itself. Types of breast-conserving surgery include lumpectomy (removal of the lump… 
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Lumpectomy of breast
Segmental Mastectomy

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Review
2014
Review
2014
Society of Surgical Oncology–American Society for Radiation Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Stages I and II Invasive Breast…
PurposeControversy exists regarding the optimal margin width in breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer.MethodsA… 
Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Nomogram for predicting the risk of local recurrence after breast-conserving surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ.
PURPOSE While the mortality associated with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is minimal, the risk of ipsilateral breast tumor… 
Review
2009
Review
2009
Obtaining Adequate Surgical Margins in Breast-Conserving Therapy for Patients with Early-Stage Breast Cancer: Current Modalities and Future Directions
Inadequate surgical margins represent a high risk for adverse clinical outcome in breast-conserving therapy (BCT) for early-stage… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Long-term results of breast conserving surgery vs. mastectomy for early stage invasive breast cancer: 20-year follow-up of the Danish randomized DBCG-82TM protocol
The main objective of the present study aims at comparing the long-term efficacy of breast conserving surgery (BCS) vs… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Quality of Care
The evidence-based medicine approach has gained traction in psychiatry, leading to a proliferation of treatment guidelines… 
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Role for Intraoperative Margin Assessment in Patients Undergoing Breast-Conserving Surgery
BackgroundPositive/close margins are associated with higher in-breast failure rates after breast-conserving surgery (BCS). We… 
Review
2004
Review
2004
Quality of Life Following Breast‐Conserving Therapy or Mastectomy: Results of a 5‐Year Prospective Study
Abstract:  There are many conflicting results in the literature comparing quality of life following breast‐conserving therapy… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Preoperative chemotherapy in primary operable breast cancer: results from the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer trial 10902.
PURPOSE To evaluate whether preoperative neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with primary operable breast cancer results in… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Comparison of psychological aspects and patient satisfaction following breast conserving surgery, simple mastectomy and breast reconstruction.
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Primary chemotherapy in operable breast cancer: eight-year experience at the Milan Cancer Institute.
PURPOSE Primary chemotherapy was administered to patients with tumors that measured > or = 2.5 cm in largest diameter to decrease… 
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