Breast cancer removal

Breast cancer is not only a breast disease. Once a patient develops breast cancer and it is not suppressed in time, it may cause breast cancer cells to spread throughout the body, causing more serious systemic syndromes. Relying on general drugs for treatment cannot achieve good therapeutic effects. At this time, the only option is breast cancer resection surgery. Today I will explain to you the relevant knowledge about breast cancer resection surgery.

The main purpose of radical mastectomy for breast cancer is to remove the primary tumor, extensively remove the affected skin and lymph nodes in the area, and minimize the impact of the surgery on appearance and function.

Breast cancer is characterized by multicentricity. The tumor discovered clinically is only the most prominent part of the cancer. The larger the breast cancer lesion, the higher the incidence of multicentricity. The later the stage of breast cancer, the higher the rate of axillary lymph node metastasis.

Traditional radical mastectomy for breast cancer involves simultaneous lymph node dissection. Studies have shown that regional lymph nodes have immune functions, so there is no consensus on whether axillary lymph node dissection is necessary.

Some authors believe that the presence or absence of axillary lymph node metastasis is only meaningful for clinical staging. Determining whether axillary lymph nodes have metastasis only provides a basis for whether to perform adjuvant treatment. Therefore, the significance of axillary lymph node biopsy seems to be more practical than removing the cancer lesions.

Other authors attach importance to the removal of axillary lymph nodes, striving to avoid residual tumors in the breast area, improving the cure rate of early cancer and reducing the recurrence rate of cancer in the chest and axillary areas after breast cancer surgery.

Clinical studies have shown that the lymph node metastasis rate of primary breast cancer lesions <1 cm is much lower than that of larger tumors. The higher the proportion of axillary lymph node metastasis, the worse the prognosis. At the same time, the presence or absence of lymph node metastasis is more important than the size of the primary cancer in predicting the effect of treatment.

Breast cancer is a systemic disease, and surgical treatment is only an important aspect of comprehensive treatment. Radiation and chemotherapy, female hormone therapy and neuroendocrine regulation are all treatment methods that cannot be ignored.