Modified Radical Mastectomy vs Breast-Conserving Surgery: Current Clinical Practice in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer at a Corporate Tertiary Cancer Center in India.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in urban India and surgery has one of the definitive roles in treating this cancer. Over the decades, multiple studies have been published and they have shown that BCS followed by radiotherapy has equivalent disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) as compared with MRM. The surgeon has the main role in explaining the treatment options to the patient. It is a prospective study conducted at Vedant Cancer and Multispeciality Hospital in a metropolitan city, Thane, India. Patients with stage I or II breast cancer with tumor size less than 5 cm were included in the study. Patients with locally advanced and metastatic breast cancer were excluded from the study. The study population was early breast cancer patients registered and waiti

SUBMITTER: Kadam SS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9240152 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature