Surgical treatment is the main treatment for breast cancer, one of the methods. Surgical treatment of breast cancer, steps should include two aspects:
(1) breast treatment: mastectomy can have full or partial mastectomy. Surgical excision should be accompanied by the corresponding parts of the pectoralis major fascia. Resectable chest may also be retained.
(2) lymph node handling: including axillary and internal mammary lymph node processing. Treatment of axillary lymph node axillary lymph node biopsy can have, the lower axillary lymph nodes, or axillary lymph node removal of all cleared. Treatment of internal mammary lymph nodes, including internal mammary lymph node removal (of the pleura, or extrapleural within the law) or radiation therapy.
According to the above pairs of primary tumor or regional lymph node treatment of breast cancer surgical technique can be following a different formula:
Mastectomy
Modified radical mastectomy
Extended radical mastectomy of breast cancer
Simple mastectomy breast cancer
Local excision of breast cancer (including tumor wide resection, 1 / 4 mastectomy, etc.) + axillary lymph node dissection
There is no one single surgical method is suitable for a variety of different types, stage of disease of breast cancer. Therefore, surgical, or should be based on a specific stage of disease, location, habits of surgeons are using surgical, with adjuvant treatment of conditions and the conditions for follow-up of such decisions.