Challenges and Innovations in Breast Cancer Surgery
A special issue of Medicina (ISSN 1648-9144). This special issue belongs to the section "Surgery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2023) | Viewed by 13198
Special Issue Editor
Interests: breast cancer; breast reconstruction; lipomodelling
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in women worldwide. In most of the countries in the world, its incidence is on the rise. There has been significant improvement in diagnostic tests, imaging, and surgical and oncological treatment for breast cancer in recent decades. Breast cancer surgery is no longer a purely ablative specialty. Oncoplastic breast surgery has gained popularity across the world. There is a paradigm shift towards the de-escalation of various aspects of breast cancer surgery at present without compromising the oncological outcome. Wider use of perforator chest wall flaps and various mammoplasty techniques has helped to expand the scope of breast conservation surgery. Newer localisation techniques for clinically non-palpable cancers have significantly helped surgeons to use theatre time more efficiently with a better patient experience. Likewise, the availability of better implants and acellular dermal matrices and other meshes has been instrumental in widening the reconstructive options available to our patients. The future of breast surgery is exciting with ongoing innovations in various fields such as resection margin assessment methods and with the wider application of artificial intelligence in various aspects of breast cancer management.
Given the relevance of this topic, Medicina is launching a Special Issue titled “Challenges and Innovations in Breast Cancer Surgery”. I would be delighted if you could be part of this exciting project, by submitting your work.
Dr. Dinesh K. Thekkinkattil
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- breast cancer
- breast reconstruction
- mammoplasty
- breast implants
- perforator flaps
- artificial intelligence
- augmented reality