title: Recent advances in the surgical care of breast cancer patients.
abstract: A tremendous improvement in every aspect of breast cancer management has occurred in the last two decades. Surgeons, once solely interested in the extipartion of the primary tumor, are now faced with the need to incorporate a great deal of information, and to manage increasingly complex tasks. As a comprehensive assessment of all aspects of breast cancer care is beyond the scope of the present paper, the current review will point out some of these innovations, evidence some controversies, and stress the need for the surgeon to specialize in the various aspects of treatment and to be integrated into the multidisciplinary breast unit team.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Senology Unit, San Giovanni-Addolorata Hospital, Via Amba Aradam, 9, 00187 Rome, Italy. lfortunato@hsangiovanni.roma.it.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mascaro
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farina
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gigli
authors.forename: Carlo E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Vitelli
authors.forename: Lucio
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fortunato
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care