title: The surgical management of breast cancer.
abstract: The management of the patient with breast cancer has evolved to become a multidisciplinary practice. The role of the surgeon remains important in the diagnosis, staging, and treatment of disease, as well as in educating the patient as to her best options. Herein we review current surgical techniques in the diagnosis, resection, and staging of breast cancer including biopsy techniques, surgical approaches to resection of breast cancer, and breast reconstruction, and issues surrounding axillary staging by sentinel lymph node biopsy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40202, USA.
authors.forename: Beatrix A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Slomiany
authors.forename: Anees B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Chagpar
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy; D016896:Treatment Outcome