title: Function-preserving surgery for various cancers.
abstract: The main goals of today's cancer surgery are radical resection and the preservation of function. A better understanding of cancer spread and advances in surgical techniques have made possible various function-preserving operations. Their common characteristics are a smaller extent of resection and/or preservation of nerves, vessels, or other structures. Function-preserving surgery in its broader sense also includes reconstructive surgery.
authors.affiliation: National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan. mhsaikaw@east.ncc.go.jp
authors.forename: Masahisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saikawa
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011788:Quality of Life; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods*