title: Introduction to conservative mastectomies.
abstract: Conservative mastectomy (CM) has become an established alternative in the treatment of breast cancer, offering by different techniques a good cosmetic outcome, as well as oncologic control. The different options to achieve these goals are presented. Oncoplastic treatment of breast cancer needs planning and knowledge of well-established plastic surgery techniques.
authors.affiliation: 1 Director Division Cirugia Oncoplastica, Instituto Oncologico Henry Moore, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina ; 2 Director General, Instituto Oncologico Henry Moore, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rancati
authors.affiliation: 1 Director Division Cirugia Oncoplastica, Instituto Oncologico Henry Moore, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina ; 2 Director General, Instituto Oncologico Henry Moore, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
authors.forename: F Gustavo
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Gercovich
keywords: Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM); nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM); skin-reducing mastectomy (SRM)