International Journal of Breast Cancer

The Optimization of Breast Conservation


Publishing date
01 Aug 2011
Status
Published
Submission deadline
01 Feb 2011

Lead Editor

1University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK 73104, USA

2Royal Free and University College Medical School, University College London, London WC1E 6BT, UK

3Department of Pathology and Clinical Cytology, Uppsala University, 79182 Falun, Sweden

4Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

5Columbia University, New York, NY, USA


The Optimization of Breast Conservation

Description

Breast conservation has become a mainstay of the management of early stage breast cancer within the last 3 decades. The initial attempts included some versions of wide excision—much like wide excision of melanoma—with axillary dissection and whole breast irradiation including within the ports of all the tissues of an extended radical mastectomy. Although these early efforts at breast conservation proved to be equivalent to modified radical mastectomy, they carried with them significant morbidity and failed to take into account new understandings of the biology of breast cancer. Especially the last decade has seen many advances which have begun to change our theoretical and technical approaches to locoregional therapy of breast cancer. First sentinel node techniques are rapidly replacing standard axillary dissection with arguably improved prognostication and marked decreases in morbidity. Much understanding of margin adequacy has been added—especially in the case of ductal carcinoma in situ. Larger resections are considered now if cosmesis can be successfully addressed short of full mastectomy. We are beginning to understand that the majority of breast cancer lumpectomies do not require whole breast external beam irradiation. New attention is being given to understand the role of proliferative disease and its regional mapping within the ductal system when it coexists with a breast cancer. Intraductal approaches to breast cancer and new theories of breast carcinogenesis such as the “sick lobe” hypothesis begin to direct surgeons toward a much more anatomic basis for lumpectomy and subsequent therapies.

Researchers are invited to submit original research articles as well as review articles which explore these new fields and their potential impact on changing locoregional approaches to the management of early stage breast cancer. Topics to be considered for publication include, but are not limited to:

  • The sick lobe hypothesis and its impact on lumpectomy
  • The role of mammary ductoscopy in diagnosis and therapeutic lumpectomy
  • The role of oncoplastic resections in addressing large resections or cosmetic deformity related to adequate lumpectomy margins
  • New technologies to help determine pre-op or intra-op ideal resection margins
  • Intraoperative ablation techniques to replace or assist traditional lumpectomy
  • Role of accelerated partial breast irradiation
  • Making breast conservation more widely available worldwide
  • The ideal monitoring for locoregional recurrence

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbc/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 456378
  • - Editorial

The Optimization of Breast Conservation

William C. Dooley | Mo Keshtgar | ... | Mahmoud B. El-Tamer
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 321304
  • - Review Article

Optimization of Adjuvant Radiation in Breast Conservation Therapy: Can We Minimize without Compromise?

Sophia M. Edwards-Bennett | Candace R. Correa | Eleanor E. Harris
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 107981
  • - Review Article

Breast Conservation Surgery: State of the Art

Jonathan White | Raj Achuthan | ... | Mark Lansdown
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 481563
  • - Clinical Study

Prophylactic and Therapeutic Breast Conservation in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers

Randal L. Croshaw | Megan L. Marshall | ... | Thomas B. Julian
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 303879
  • - Review Article

Oncoplastic Approaches to Breast Conservation

Dennis R. Holmes | Wesley Schooler | Robina Smith
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 757234
  • - Clinical Study

Breast Cancer Preoperative Staging: Does Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Mammography Modify Surgery?

Chiara Perono Biacchiardi | Davide Brizzi | ... | Francesco Deltetto
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 726384
  • - Research Article

Redefining Lumpectomy Using a Modification of the “Sick Lobe” Hypothesis and Ductal Anatomy

W. Dooley | J. Bong | J. Parker
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 375170
  • - Review Article

Intraoperative Radiotherapy in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Review of the Evidence

Norman R. Williams | Katharine H. Pigott | Mohammed R. S. Keshtgar
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 634021
  • - Review Article

Subgross Morphology, the Sick Lobe Hypothesis, and the Success of Breast Conservation

Tibor Tot
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 246265
  • - Research Article

Image-Based Treatment Planning of the Post-Lumpectomy Breast Utilizing CT and 3TMRI

Geraldine Jacobson | Gideon Zamba | ... | Joni Buechler-Price
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