New Developments in Breast Cancer Surgery, Risk, and Related Quality of Life
A special issue of Cancers (ISSN 2072-6694). This special issue belongs to the section "Cancer Survivorship and Quality of Life".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 June 2026 | Viewed by 1837
Special Issue Editors
Interests: breast cancer; quality of life
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Interests: breast cancer; breast surgery; oncology; oncoplastics
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Dear Colleagues,
The goal of surgical therapy for breast cancer is to achieve local disease control. In addition to this primary oncological objective, additional demands have been placed on surgical treatment over time. Not only oncological safety but also aesthetic outcomes and reduction of functional morbidity, thereby improving patients’ quality of life (QoL), have become central considerations.
The results of the studies and the realization that breast cancer is a systemic rather than a local disease led to the worldwide introduction of breast-conserving therapy (BCT), followed by radiation, as standard surgical therapy in BC patients. A significant advancement in reducing functional morbidity and improving quality of life was achieved through the introduction of sentinel node biopsy as the standard procedure, replacing axillary dissection.
In cases where axillary dissection is still standard, it will be more and more replaced by tailored axillary dissection or tailored lymphodonectomy.
Next to BCT, the introduction and widespread use of oncoplastic techniques have led to improved aesthetic outcomes. These techniques combine safe oncological surgery with achieving an aesthetically pleasing breast shape. Over the past decade, refined and differentiated methods have been developed, allowing personalized treatment approaches for each patient.
The disease itself and the treatments administered result in significant physical changes, psychological stress, and disruptions in social and sexual life. All of these factors contribute to a diminished quality of life. Surgery, while essential, is just one piece of the overall puzzle in breast cancer management, impacting various aspects of affected women’s lives.
We invite you to submit your research (reviews or clinical studies) on current trends in the surgical treatment of breast cancer, as well as studies that assess quality of life in relation to the different types of surgical therapy.
Summary:
The aim of this Special Issue is to give an overview of the current trends in surgical therapy in breast cancer, as well as the influence of surgical therapy on the quality of life of breast cancer patients.
This Special Issue aims to publish research on the following topics:
Current trends in the axillary surgery;
Oncoplastic surgery: limitations and benefits;
QoL questionnaire to assess surgical outcomes;
Immediate versus delay reconstruction: What is better?
Complication management of reconstructive breast surgery;
Trends in reconstructive breast surgery;
Influence of systemic therapy on surgery in BC patients;
Influence of surgical treatment of breast cancer on quality of life;
AI in breast surgery.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome.
I look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Vesna Bjelic-Radisic
Prof. Dr. Maggie Banys-Paluchowski
Dr. Constanze Elfgen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oncoplastic breast surgery
- breast reconstruction
- quality of life
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