The diagnosis and treatment of invasive breast cancer requires a collaborative effort among
multiple subspecialties. Diagnostic imaging workup and biopsy play a key role in …

Background Controversy exists regarding the optimal negative margin width for ductal
carcinoma in situ (DCIS) treated with breast-conserving surgery and whole-breast irradiation …

Postmastectomy immediate breast reconstruction in the US continues to experience an
upward trend owing to heightened awareness, innovations in reconstructive technique …

Purpose Controversy exists regarding the optimal margin width in breast-conserving surgery
for invasive breast cancer. Methods A multidisciplinary consensus panel used a meta …

Purpose There is no consensus on what constitutes adequate negative margins in breast-
conserving therapy (BCT). We systematically review the evidence on surgical margins in …

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy is increasingly used in breast cancer, especially for
downstaging the primary tumor in the breast and the metastatic axillary lymph node …

A positive surgical margin (PSM) following cancer resection oftentimes necessitates
adjuvant treatments and carries significant financial and prognostic implications. We sought …

Context Health care reform calls for increasing physician accountability and transparency of
outcomes. Partial mastectomy is the most commonly performed procedure for invasive …

In 2010, EUSOMA published a position paper, describing a set of benchmark quality
indicators (QIs) that could be adopted by breast centres to allow standardised auditing and …

MRI is used widely both for screening women who are at increased risk of breast cancer and
for treatment selection. Prospective studies confirm that MRI screening of women with known …