CHSJ

Curr Health Sci J, vol. 37, no. 4, 2011

Therapeutic Options for Breast Cancer

[Original paper]

M GEORGESCU(1), E. GEORGESCU(1), R. NEMES(1)


(1)Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova


Abstract:

Breast cancer remains a major public health problem, being the second cause of cancer death in women. There is a marked tendency to restrict the extension of surgical gesture, which directly led to the emergence of two different attitudes: radical surgery and conservative surgery, to which, at least in our country there are still some delays. Prospective and retrospective studies have shown that in 20 years, conservative and radical therapy were about the same rate of survival and disease-free interval, at least for breast cancer stage I and II, the only real counterargument against conservative surgery is that it is encumbered by a higher rate of recurrence local constraint can be removed but by postoperative radiotherapy in principle. Finally, the survival rate is the main parameter distance evaluation assessing the effectiveness of treatment in breast cancer, as in all forms of cancer


Keywords: breast cancer, conservative surgery, chemotherapy, mastectomy



Corresponding: Georgescu Milena, MD, PhD student, Department of Surgery, University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova, Str Petru Rares nr. 4, 200456, Craiova, Dolj, RomAnia email: mikimihajlovic@yahoo.com


DOI 10.12865/CHSJ.37.04.08 - Download PDF
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