title: Update on breast cancer surgery approaches.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This review seeks to review the latest developments in breast cancer surgery.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The manuscript will cover the latest developments in breast conservation therapy such as oncoplastic surgery, partial, and accelerated breast irradiation as well as nipple and areola sparing mastectomies, breast reconstruction, and recent developments in axillary staging.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At the conclusion of this article the reader will have a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and principles of breast cancer surgical management.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gynecologic Oncology, The David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA. akaram@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Amer
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karam
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods*; D015409:Mastectomy, Radical; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental; D009367:Neoplasm Staging