Potential new surgical options for women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer

(Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center) Initial results of a new national clinical trial show that the majority of women with breast cancer who have two to three sites of disease in a single breast at the time of diagnosis are able to successfully complete breast-conserving surgery without conversion to mastectomy. This is the first prospective study to assess this possibility, and its findings improve the surgical choices available to women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer.
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news