JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES

Abstract

Surgical treatment of breast cancer has changed significantly in the past century from mastectomy to breast conserving procedures, including reconstructive procedures. The diagnostic armamentarium has been made easy by introducing Fine-needle aspirations & Trucut needle biopsies with conventional technique to image guided procedures, which help in diagnosis and prognostification for planning multimodality treatment. The preferred method of treatment for many women with early breast cancer is conservative surgical therapy (principally lumpectomy and axillary dissection) followed by breast irradiation. Sentinel node biopsy though not the standard of care one can still practice it & offer the technique to the select subtype of population. All these patients have to complete the treatment with radiation &adjuvant chemo, hormone therapy including target therapy. Keywords : breast cancer , conservative treatment, reconstruction, adjuvant therapy