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This chapter deals with the issue of locoregional recurrence in breast cancer. In the era of expanding option for systemic therapy, radical surgery and reconstruction may be an important consideration for patients previously considered untreatable. Similarly, the resection of primary breast cancer in the setting of disseminated disease may be appropriate. The role of surgery for breast cancer metastases remains controversial.

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  1. Department of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville Road, Woodville, Adelaide, 5081, SA, Australia

    David C. A. Walsh MBBS, FRACS

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Mount Gambier General Hospital, Flinders University—Rural Medical School, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia

    Matthias W. Wichmann

  2. Discipline of Surgery, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, University of Adelaide, Woodville, South Australia, Australia

    Guy Maddern

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Walsh, D.C.A. (2014). Breast. In: Wichmann, M., Maddern, G. (eds) Palliative Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-53709-7_20

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