title: Trends in the local treatment of breast cancer: should we be worried?
abstract: The overall rates of BCS have remained stable or slightly increased over the past decade in the United States. The CPM rates have markedly increased while unilateral mastectomy rates have decreased. Increasingly, more women are not receiving RT after BCS, particularly high-risk women. These trends have important potential untoward consequences. Strategies are being developed to ensure adequate local therapy for breast cancer patients.
authors.affiliation: Division of Surgical Oncology, Department of Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. tuttl006@umn.edu
authors.forename: Todd M
authors.initials: TM
authors.lastname: Tuttle
authors.forename: Natasha M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Rueth
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abbott
authors.forename: Beth A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Virnig
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*