Imaging for early stage breast cancer

Oncoplastic Breast Surgery

• 726 patients with T1-T2 invasive breast cancer - Of patients with a CRR >4.0, 10.7% still had tumor involved margins

• 9276 pathology excerpts of BCS – 33% involved or <1mm – Mean CRR 2.32

• Oncological / cosmetic superiority has not yet been proven 1,2 – High percentage margin involvement – Trials show lack of robust design and have important methodological shortcomings – There is a need; (randomised) trials

Krekel et al. Breast J 2011 Haloua et al. Breast 2016 Haloua et al. Ann Surg 2013 Wijgmans et al. EJSO 2017