A new surgical strategy for breast conservation in locally advanced breast cancer that achieves a good locoregional control rate: preliminary report

Oncoplastic Breast‐Conserving Surgery: Analysis of Quadrantectomy and Immediate Reconstruction with Latissimus Dorsi Flap

“…Also, partial mastectomy preserves the entire NAC and its sensitivity [5]. Another good indication is when neoadjuvant chemotherapy induces a fragmentary tumor response, in which case a wide excision should be carried out, including the whole original tumor-bearing area, to eradicate all possible tumor satellites [19]. One of the ''close margins'' occurred because of a satellite focus distant from the principal tumor in a patient who had been treated previously with neoadjuvant chemotherapy; if we had done a lumpectomy, the satellite focus probably would not have been in the surgical specimen.…”