title: Current philosophy in treatment of primary cancer of the breast.
abstract: In response to widespread public and professional controversy over the treatment of primary carcinoma of the breast, an attempt is made to assemble a series of facts that most authorities will agree on, to evaluate the threads of consistency that run through most clinical studies, to develop an overall conceptualization of the disease process, and to place these in the context of contemporary medical management and societal attitudes.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001365:Axilla; D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D002369:Castration; D003949:Diagnostic Techniques, Surgical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008327:Mammography; D008408:Mastectomy; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000517:prevention & control; D011182:Postoperative Care; D013997:Time Factors