title: Surgery for early breast cancer.
abstract: Optimal surgery for breast cancer demands effectiveness in local disease control, minimal physical and psychosocial morbidity, and efficient use of resources for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up. These issues are addressed below with particular emphasis on the biologic relevance of tumor recurrence for planning local treatment, the management of subclinical radiographic abnormalities, the degree of importance of the timing of surgery in the menstrual cycle, and the value of axillary dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Oncology, University of Newcastle, Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Waratah, NSW, Australia.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Forbes
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery*; D002278:Carcinoma in Situ / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008597:Menstrual Cycle / Q000502:physiology; D011788:Quality of Life; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome