Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer

Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women, which posing a serious threat to women's health. With the deepening of the concept of precision treatment, the surgical treatment of breast cancer has made great progress. However, new techniques and ideas have also brought abou...

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Main Author: ZHANG Yujia, MA Li
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Language:English
Published: Editorial Office of China Oncology 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.china-oncology.com/fileup/1007-3639/PDF/1747381913955-328971700.pdf
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description Breast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women, which posing a serious threat to women's health. With the deepening of the concept of precision treatment, the surgical treatment of breast cancer has made great progress. However, new techniques and ideas have also brought about many controversies. With the popularization of the “de-escalation” concept, performing sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) as an alternative to axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in specific patients has emerged as a trend. For clinically node-negative early-stage breast cancer with 1-2 positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLN), ALND can be safely omitted with effective axillary radiotherapy. Patients with clinically node-positive early-stage breast cancer can forgo ALND if SLNB proves that they have been downstaged to cN0 by neoadjuvant treatment (NAT). As the two most commonly used axillary surgical staging techniques in SLNB for post-NAT patients, dual-tracer of lymph nodes and targeted axillary dissection (TAD) are considered consistent in oncologic safety. Prophylactic mastectomy is a significant intervention to reduce breast cancer incidence among women at high risk. It has been confirmed that contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) can reduce the incidence of contralateral breast cancer (CBC) but does not significantly improve the survival outcomes. Enhancing the accessibility of risk assessment methods and establishing precise and effective risk prediction models have emerged as important issues. Above all, the development of breast surgery shows a refinement of risk management and damage control, striving to achieve a safe “de-escalation” in surgical modalities based on individualized treatment. This article summarized and analyzed relevant studies on the aspect of the surgery techniques for breast cancer, aiming to provide new insights into optimizing the clinical diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
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spelling doaj-art-e09507f69bc14a7c80129fb5a53de20f2025-08-20T02:25:09ZengEditorial Office of China OncologyZhongguo aizheng zazhi1007-36392025-04-0135433934510.19401/j.cnki.1007-3639.2025.04.001Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancerZHANG Yujia, MA Li0Department of Breast Center, Fourth Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050011, Hebei Province, ChinaBreast cancer is one of the most common malignant tumors in women, which posing a serious threat to women's health. With the deepening of the concept of precision treatment, the surgical treatment of breast cancer has made great progress. However, new techniques and ideas have also brought about many controversies. With the popularization of the “de-escalation” concept, performing sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) as an alternative to axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in specific patients has emerged as a trend. For clinically node-negative early-stage breast cancer with 1-2 positive sentinel lymph nodes (SLN), ALND can be safely omitted with effective axillary radiotherapy. Patients with clinically node-positive early-stage breast cancer can forgo ALND if SLNB proves that they have been downstaged to cN0 by neoadjuvant treatment (NAT). As the two most commonly used axillary surgical staging techniques in SLNB for post-NAT patients, dual-tracer of lymph nodes and targeted axillary dissection (TAD) are considered consistent in oncologic safety. Prophylactic mastectomy is a significant intervention to reduce breast cancer incidence among women at high risk. It has been confirmed that contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) can reduce the incidence of contralateral breast cancer (CBC) but does not significantly improve the survival outcomes. Enhancing the accessibility of risk assessment methods and establishing precise and effective risk prediction models have emerged as important issues. Above all, the development of breast surgery shows a refinement of risk management and damage control, striving to achieve a safe “de-escalation” in surgical modalities based on individualized treatment. This article summarized and analyzed relevant studies on the aspect of the surgery techniques for breast cancer, aiming to provide new insights into optimizing the clinical diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.https://www.china-oncology.com/fileup/1007-3639/PDF/1747381913955-328971700.pdf|breast cancer|axillary lymph node|prophylactic mastectomy|emorging techniques
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Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
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title Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
title_full Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
title_fullStr Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
title_full_unstemmed Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
title_short Advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
title_sort advances and controversies in emerging techniques of surgery on breast cancer
topic |breast cancer|axillary lymph node|prophylactic mastectomy|emorging techniques
url https://www.china-oncology.com/fileup/1007-3639/PDF/1747381913955-328971700.pdf
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