Surgical management of invasive lobular carcinoma: Is less more?

In this modern era of breast cancer treatment, the Halsted radical mastectomy may sound the stuff of folklore. In M.J. Silverstein's depiction, it is the removal of the entire breast, pectoral muscles, and axillary lymph nodes, “leaving behind a depression under the clavicle, prominent ribs, and a markedly deformed patient”.1 Fast forward to the present day and you will find little utility for the radical mastectomy, now instead replaced with less extensive operations which produce equivalent oncologic outcomes.
Source: American Journal of Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research