title: Breast surgery: minimally invasive diagnosis and treatment.
abstract: The increasingly large proportion of elderly women in the United States population carries a disproportionate burden of breast cancer. The advent of minimally invasive surgical techniques applicable to breast disease has brought new opportunities to diagnose and treat breast cancer in the older population. This article reviews issues important to the evolving field of breast cancer management in older women: cancer risk and screening considerations, diagnosis and biopsy approaches, and surgical treatment options based on current studies and recommendations.
authors.affiliation: Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine and Section of Geriatric Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Desk A91, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. rapporb@ccf.org
authors.forename: Barbara J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Messinger-Rapport
authors.forename: Joseph P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Crowe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures; D011788:Quality of Life; D012307:Risk Factors; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D018931:Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal; D013629:Tamoxifen