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This chapter focuses on the surgical approach to the breast and the axilla and on the quality evaluation of the described treatments focusing on the recommendations made by EUSOMA (European Society of Breast Cancer Specialists).

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Cardoso, MJ., Gentilini, O., Kuehn, T. (2022). Surgery. In: Kaidar-Person, O., Meattini, I., Poortmans, P. (eds) Breast Cancer Radiation Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91170-6_7

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