São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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Sao Paulo Med J
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Letter Historical Article
Some aspects of medical education in the former Soviet Union.
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Recently, breast-conserving surgery (BCS) has been replacing mastectomy for breast cancer treatment. The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in mastectomy and BCS rates and the factors relating to these shifts. ⋯ There was a shift from mastectomy towards BCS in our institution over the years. This may reflect consolidation of BCS (plus radiotherapy) as an equivalent treatment to mastectomy in terms of survival and a shift to earlier diagnosis for the disease.