title: Nonsurgical ablation of primary breast cancer.
abstract: The potential for these therapies is overwhelming when one considers that as many as 90,000 patients may be candidates annually in the United States. The ideal therapy should be safe, as painless as possible, accessible, and effective in reducing local recurrence. Because of the novelty of these techniques, no therapy has met all of these goals. Even if these ideals are attained, questions remain about how to follow these patients with regard to frequency and imaging modality for local recurrence. As these technologies are refined, and they mature; it is conceivable that the future treatment of breast cancer may be less morbid than the open breast biopsies now being used for just the diagnosis of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 825 NE 10th Street, Suite 5200, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Jason S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Dooley
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D003452:Cryosurgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008872:Microwaves / Q000627:therapeutic use