RT Book, Section A1 Morrogh, Mary A1 Zanini, Vittorio A1 Regolo, Lea A1 Ballardini, Bettina A1 Wiechmann, Lisa A1 Sacchini, Virgilio A2 Kuerer, Henry M. SR Print(0) ID 6414286 T1 Chapter 61. Breast-Conserving Surgery T2 Kuerer's Breast Surgical Oncology YR 2010 FD 2010 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 978-0-07-160178-8 LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=6414286 RD 2024/03/29 AB From radical mastectomy to breast-conserving surgery (BCS), the last 35 years have witnessed a fascinating evolution in the role of surgery in the treatment of breast cancer. For almost a century, Halsted's mastectomy was the treatment of choice for all stages of breast cancer. However, multiple prospective, randomized trials with more than 20 years' follow-up have since documented that breast-conserving operations followed by whole-breast irradiation offers survival outcomes equivalent to mastectomy in appropriately selected patients.