Author/Editor		Čas-Sikošek, Nina
Title		Operativno zdravljenje raka dojk: od radikalnega do popolnega
Translated title		Surgery for breast cancer: radical to the sublime
Type		članek
Source		In: Vrabič E, editor. Zbornik referatov 50 let Oddelka za plastično in rekonstruktivno kirurgijo; 2005 okt 21; Maribor. Maribor: Splošna bolnišnica Maribor,
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 117-27
Language		slo
Abstract		The Halsted radical mastectomy, once considered the ideal cancer operation, no longer has a place in the routine management of patients with breast cancer. Breast conservation in form of segmental mastectomy, axillary node dissection, and radiation is popular nowadays. Axillary lymphadenectomy, shown to be of questionable terapeutic value in breast cancer, is certainly of prognostic significance. Studies are ongoing to establish the validity of the less-invasive sentinel node biopsy. Perhaps the most significant change in today's approach to breast cancer is the reliance on well-controlled prospective studies to evaluate outcome and determine the apropriate surgical procedure.
Descriptors		BREAST NEOPLASMS MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL LYMPH NODE EXCISION LYMPHATIC METASTASIS BIOPSY MASTECTOMY, RADICAL MASTECTOMY, MODIFIED RADICAL