Breast-conserving surgery - the preferred surgical procedure for breast cancer

Breast-conserving surgery is a new surgical procedure that has been gradually developed internationally in the past 20 years

A minimally invasive surgery, standardized breast-conserving surgery has been carried out in China since the 1990s. After tens of thousands of multi-center randomized controlled trials at home and abroad, the results show that breast-conserving surgery is better than traditional breast removal surgery. The efficacy is the same, the local recurrence rate is not increased, and the survival rate is not decreased. China's national "Tenth Five-Year Plan" scientific and technological research project has launched a special study on breast-conserving surgery for Chinese people. The conclusion is the same as that of foreign countries, once again confirming the efficacy of breast-conserving surgery.

As technology advances, treatment concepts must also be updated. For patients who are suitable for breast conservation, the curative effects of breast conservation and breast removal surgery are the same. Patients do not have to worry about the hidden dangers of retaining the breast. In fact, all breast removal surgery Nor will it improve efficacy.

However, breast-conserving surgery has less trauma, faster postoperative recovery, and good cosmetic effects. Therefore, breast-conserving surgery is welcomed by more and more patients and doctors. Currently, the proportion of breast-conserving surgery is 70% in the United States, 70% in Singapore, 40% in Japan, 30% in Hong Kong, and 20% in China. This proportion is increasing. Breast-conserving surgery has become internationally recognized as the preferred surgical procedure for breast cancer. , this surgery is mainly suitable for tumors that are relatively small compared to the breast, especially tumors less than 3

cm, and the edge of the tumor is far away from the nipple (such as more than 2

cm ), patients usually undergo radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery, which is an indispensable treatment measure, and then undergo chemotherapy and/or endocrine therapy. For patients with larger tumors, they may not be suitable for breast conservation at first, but they can undergo chemotherapy first and then breast-conservation after the tumor shrinks.