title: Surgical management of breast cancer.
abstract: This article reviews the surgical options for breast cancer with emphasis on factors that influence decision making and the data that have driven changes in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Jessica Salmans LaCross is an instructor at Baylor College of Medicine and practices in Baylor's Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, both in Houston, Tex. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Jessica Salmans
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: LaCross
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D018270:Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast / Q000601:surgery*; D002285:Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating / Q000601:surgery*; D018275:Carcinoma, Lobular / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision / Q000379:methods; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D015412:Mastectomy, Segmental / Q000379:methods*; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D021701:Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy / Q000379:methods*