title: [Biology and surgery: a bound pair or merely a couple of disciplines? (2)].
abstract: Carcinoma of the breast, to our way of thinking, appears to be capable of providing what is virtually a master key to the interpretation of surgical oncological pathology. In the wake of the acquisitions made in this field--not always as a result of the initiative of the surgeon - a definite process of revision of the age-old concept of surgical radicality is underway, albeit in a somewhat surreptitious manner. Oncological surgery is clearly passing through a difficult phase, almost a crisis of identity, and, in the authors' opinion, may to some extent come back into its own, albeit only after a great deal of painstaking effort, by adopting a "biological" approach with greater respect for the morpho-functional integrity of the patient, who must no longer be viewed as merely the victim of disease, but rather as the prime mover of the disease itself.
mesh_terms: D003043:Cocarcinogenesis; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000601:surgery; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D009362:Neoplasm Metastasis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins
vernacular_title: Biologia e chirurgia: una cordata o una coppia di discipline? (2a Parte).