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Prior to discussing partial mastectomy (lumpectomy), mastectomy (simple or total), modified radical mastectomy, and axillary operations, a brief review of the indications is necessary. Although no atlas can begin to cover the subtleties of breast cancer treatment, a few basic principles apply. Treatment of breast cancer should be viewed from a local (tumor), regional (axilla), and systemic approach. Thus a modified radical mastectomy is the summation of a total mastectomy with an axillary dissection (local + regional treatment). Simply put, each breast operation for invasive cancer will require a breast operation and an axillary operation. In situ cancer will require only a breast operation with one caveat (in the setting of extensive DCIS or suspicion for invasive cancer, if mastectomy is selected a sentinel lymph node biopsy should be considered). Up to 20% of high-grade DCIS lesions or large lesions (>4 cm) will harbor invasive carcinoma
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- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Breast Operation
- Axillary Dissection
- Radical Mastectomy
- Modify Radical Mastectomy
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Sloan, M.P., Beckman, C. (2009). Breast Procedures. In: Chen, H. (eds) Illustrative Handbook of General Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-089-0_8
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