Conservation mastectomy in combination with radiotherapy is becoming an accepted treatment for early @entity0 . No absolute guidelines exist as to appropriate @entity1 selection or correct surgical technique, but certain unifying trends can be ascertained from the current literature. The purpose of this study was to review the literature and to identify areas of incongruence between present management of @entity1 in British Columbia and suggestions in the current literature. One hundred @entity1 were reviewed. Twenty-six percent of them did not receive preoperative mammograms, and @entity5 stage was inappropriate in 9 percent. Thirteen percent had excisional biopsies only. A quarter of the @entity1 had @entity5 resection through unfavorably placed incisions. Eight percent did not have @entity172 receptor determination. Thirty-nine percent of the pathology reports made no comment as to adequacy of resection margins. It is hoped that these areas that, with proper attention, can improve cosmetic results and decrease the incidence of @entity5 recurrence.

Review of conservative surgery in early XXXX . British Columbia experience.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity172 :: ('MESH:D004967', 'Chemical') :: ['estrogen'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['tumor', 'local tumor'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer']
@entity0 :: (MESH:D001943,Disease) :: ['breast cancer']
