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Africa

• Journal of Global Oncology
  • Surgical Management of Breast Cancer in Africa: A Continent-Wide Review of Intervention Practices, Barriers to Care, and Adjuvant Therapy [2017]

Australia

• Australian Family Physician
  • Conservation surgery and radiation therapy in early breast cancer – An update [2017]

• Better Safer Care
  • Double mastectomy for cancer in a single breast

• Cancer Australia
  • Recommendations for use of hypofractionated radiotherapy for early (operable) breast cancer [2015]
  • Management of the axilla for early breast cancer: a systematic review [2011]

• Medical Services Advisory Committee
  • Intraoperative Radiotherapy for Early Stage Breast Cancer [2017]

• Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • Variation in the use of radiotherapy fractionation for breast cancer: Survival outcome and cost implications [2020]

Brazil

• Revista da Associação Médica Brasileira
  • Recommendations for hypofractionated whole-breast irradiation [2018]
  • Treatment with intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for breast cancer [2014]

Canada

• Alberta Health Services
  • Breast reconstruction following prophylactic or therapeutic mastectomy for breast cancer [2017]
  • Adjuvant radiation therapy for invasive breast cancer [2015]
  • Adjuvant radiation therapy for ductal carcinoma in situ [2015]

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • COVID-19 vaccination and breast cancer surgery timing [2021]

• Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health
  • Intraoperative Mammography for Breast Cancer Surgery: A Review of Clinical Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, and Guidelines [2019]

• Canadian Family Physician
  • Breast reconstruction [2018]

• Current Oncology
  • National Variations in the Work-Up, Investigation, and Surgical Management of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast across Canadian Surgeons [2021]
  • Consensus statement on tumour bed localization for radiation after oncoplastic breast surgery [2020]
  • Locoregional therapy of locally advanced breast cancer: a clinical practice guideline [2015]

China

• Cancer Management and Research
  • Surgical Management Strategy for Breast Cancer Patients During the COVID-19 Outbreak [2020]

• Chinese Medical Journal
  • Clinical practice guidelines for pre-operative evaluation of breast cancer: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) practice guidelines 2021 [2021]
  • Clinical practice guidelines for modified radical mastectomy of breast cancer: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrs) practice guidelines 2021 [2021]
  • Clinical practice guidelines for endoscopic breast surgery in patients with early-stage breast cancer: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) practice guidelines 2021 [2021]
  • Clinical practice guideline for breast-conserving surgery in patients with early-stage breast cancer: Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) practice guidelines 2021 [2021]

• Journal of Cancer
  • Management of early-stage breast cancer patients during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic: The experience in China from a surgical standpoint [2021]

• Oncologist
  • Current Status and Factors Influencing Surgical Options for Breast Cancer in China: A Nationwide Cross-Sectional Survey of 110 Hospitals [2020]

Denmark, Netherlands

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Breast-contour preserving procedures for early-stage breast cancer: a population-based study of the trends, variation in practice and predictive characteristics in Denmark and the Netherlands [2020]

Estonia

• International Journal for Equity in Health
  • The impact of sociodemographic factors on the utilization of radiation therapy in breast cancer patients in Estonia: a register-based study [2021]

Europe

• Breast
  • A multidisciplinary view of mastectomy and breast reconstruction: Understanding the challenges [2021]

• Clinical Oncology
  • Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy Planning After Immediate Implant-based Reconstruction Using the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology-Advisory Committee in Radiation Oncology Practice Consensus Guidelines for Target Volume Delineation [2021]

• European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer
  • Patterns of practice of regional nodal irradiation in breast cancer: results of the European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) NOdal Radiotherapy (NORA) survey [2015]

• European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • In regard to “The Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Oncology Recommendation for Breast Tumor Recurrence: Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation Criteria” [2021]
  • ESTRO-ACROP guideline: Interstitial multi-catheter breast brachytherapy as Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation alone or as boost – GEC-ESTRO Breast Cancer Working Group practical recommendations [2018]

• European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy
  • PROSPECT guideline for oncological breast surgery: a systematic review and procedure-specific postoperative pain management recommendations [2020]

• Radiotherapy and Oncology
  • The changing landscape in radiotherapy for breast cancer: Lessons from long term follow-up in some European breast cancer trials [2016]

France

• Reports of Practical Oncology and Radiotherapy
  • Should the management of radiation therapy for breast cancer be standardized? Results of a survey on current French practices in breast radiotherapy [2021]

Germany

• Breast Care
  • Breast Cancer Surgery and Financial Reimbursement in Germany [2012]

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Radioonkologie
  • DEGRO practical guideline for partial-breast irradiation [2020]
  • DEGRO practical guidelines for radiotherapy of breast cancer VI: therapy of locoregional breast cancer recurrences [2016]
  • DEGRO practical guidelines for radiotherapy of breast cancer V: Therapy for locally advanced and inflammatory breast cancer, as well as local therapy in cases with synchronous distant metastases [2015]
  • DEGRO practical guidelines: radiotherapy of breast cancer I [2013]

• Deutsches Ärzteblatt International
  • Case Numbers and Process Quality in Breast Surgery in Germany [2015]

• Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care
  • Relationship between volume of services and quality of treatment outcome in the surgical treatment of breast cancer - rapid report [2020]

Germany, Switzerland, Austria

• BMC Cancer
  • Are heart toxicities in breast cancer patients important for radiation oncologists? A practice pattern survey in German speaking countries [2017]

India

• Indian Journal of Medical Research
  • Breast conservation surgery & oncoplasty in India – Current scenario [2021]
  • Adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer: Recent advances & Indian data [2021]

International

• BMJ Open
  • Evaluation of guidelines regarding surgical treatment of breast cancer using the AGREE Instrument: a systematic review [2017]

• Breast
  • Oncoplastic breast consortium recommendations for mastectomy and whole breast reconstruction in the setting of post-mastectomy radiation therapy [2022]
  • Should oncoplastic breast conserving surgery be used for the treatment of early stage breast cancer? Using the GRADE approach for development of clinical recommendations [2021]

• Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
  • Oncoplastic Breast Consortium consensus conference on nipple-sparing mastectomy [2018]

• Cancer
  • Locoregional treatment of primary breast cancer. Consensus recommendations from an International Expert Panel [2010]

Italy

• Breast
  • Loco-regional adjuvant radiation therapy in breast cancer patients with positive axillary lymph-nodes at diagnosis (CN2) undergoing preoperative chemotherapy and with complete pathological lymph-nodes response. Development of GRADE (Grades of recommendation, assessment, Development and Evaluation) recommendation by the Italian Association of radiation therapy and Clinical Oncology (AIRO) [2021]

• Journal of Breast Cancer
  • The Italian Association of Radiotherapy and Oncology Recommendation for Breast Tumor Recurrence: Grades of Recommendation, Assessment, Development and Evaluation Criteria [2021]

Japan

• Breast Cancer
  • The Japanese Breast Cancer Society clinical practice guidelines for surgical treatment of breast cancer, 2018 edition [2020]
  • The Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guideline for radiation treatment of breast cancer, 2018 edition [2020]

Netherlands

• BJS
  • Nationwide population-based study of the impact of immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy on the timing of adjuvant chemotherapy [2019]

• Richtlijnendatabase
  • Breast reconstruction after mastectomy [2015]

New Zealand

• Ministry of Health New Zealand
  • Breast Reconstruction: National guidelines for best practice [2022]
  • Intraoperative radiotherapy for patients with early-stage breast cancer in New Zealand: An economic assessment [2017]

Republic of Korea

• Journal of Breast Cancer
  • Patterns of Practice in Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer in Korea [2018]
  • The Practice Patterns and Perceptions of Korean Surgeons Regarding Margin Status after Breast-Conserving Surgery [2017]

• Journal of Korean Medical Science
  • Changes in Korean National Healthcare Insurance Policy and Breast Cancer Surgery Trend in Korea [2021]

• Medicine
  • Trends in the Application of Postmastectomy Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer With 1 to 3 Positive Axillary Nodes and Tumors <=5cm in the Modern Treatment Era [2016]

Turkey

• JCO Global Oncology
  • Surgical Trends in Breast Cancer in Turkey: An Increase in Breast-Conserving Surgery [2020]

Uganda

• PLoS ONE
  • Breast cancer care in Uganda: A multicenter study on the frequency of breast cancer surgery in relation to the incidence of breast cancer [2019]

United Kingdom

• Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Guidelines for oncoplastic breast reconstruction [2013]

• Association of Breast Surgery
  • Oncoplastic breast surgery: A guide to good practice [2021]
  • Biological and synthetic mesh assisted breast reconstruction procedures: Joint guidelines from the Association of Breast Surgery and the British Association of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgeons [2021]
  • Guidance for the Commissioning of Oncoplastic Breast Surgery [2018]
  • Contralateral Mastectomy for Unilateral Breast Cancer [2017]
  • Margin Width in Breast Conservation Surgery [2015]
  • National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit [2011]

• British Journal of Surgery
  • Ethnicity and the surgical management of early invasive breast cancer in over 164 000 women [2021]

• European Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • A scoring system for 3D surface images of breast reconstruction developed using the Delphi consensus process [2020]
  • Adherence to best practice consensus guidelines for implant-based breast reconstruction: Results from the iBRA national practice questionnaire survey [2018]

• National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • Intrabeam radiotherapy system for adjuvant treatment of early breast cancer [2018]
  • AlignRT in breast cancer radiotherapy [2018]
  • L-Dex U400 for lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment [2017]
  • Axxent electronic brachytherapy system for early stage breast cancer [2016]
  • Breast reconstruction using lipomodelling after breast cancer treatment [2012]
  • Endoscopic mastectomy and endoscopic wide local excision for breast cancer [2009]

• NHS England
  • Radiotherapy after primary surgery for breast cancer [2016]

• Royal College of Pathologists
  • Postoperative radiotherapy for breast cancer: UK consensus statements [2016]

• Royal College of Radiologists
  • Guidelines on radiation therapy for breast cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]
  • Emergency guidelines for pre-operative breast radiotherapy during the COVID-19 pandemic [2020]
  • Emergency guideline for treating patients requiring adjuvant internal mammary chain radiotherapy in 5 fractions during COVID-19 pandemic [2020]

• World Journal of Surgical Oncology
  • The Manchester guidelines for contralateral risk-reducing mastectomy [2015]

United States

• Advances in Radiation Oncology
  • The Association Between Cardiac Mortality and Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Among Older Patients With Stage I Estrogen Positive Breast Cancer: A Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)–Based Study on Cardiac Mortality and Radiation Therapy [2020]

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  • Breast Reconstruction After Mastectomy [2021]

• American College of Radiology
  • ACR Appropriateness Criteria® Ductal Carcinoma in Situ [2015]
  • Imaging of Deep Inferior Epigastric Arteries for Surgical Planning (Breast Reconstruction Surgery)
  • Conservative surgery and radiation - stage I and II breast cancer

• American College of Surgeons
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Breast Cancer Consortium’s Considerations for Re-entry [2020]
  • COVID-19 Guidelines for Triage of Breast Cancer Patients [2020]

• American Physical Therapy Association
  • Interventions for Breast Cancer–Related Lymphedema: Clinical Practice Guideline From the Academy of Oncologic Physical Therapy of APTA [2020]

• American Society for Radiation Oncology
  • Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: Executive summary for the update of an ASTRO Evidence-Based Consensus Statement [2017]
  • Society of Surgical Oncology–American Society for Radiation Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Stages I and II Invasive Breast Cancer [2014]
  • Fractionation for Whole Breast Irradiation: An American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Evidence-Based Guideline [2011]

• American Society of Breast Surgeons
  • Consensus Guideline on the Use of Transcutaneous and Percutaneous Methods for the Treatment of Benign and Malignant Tumors of the Breast [2018]
  • Consensus Guideline on Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation [2018]
  • Considerations for Clinicians in the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema: Recommendations from a Multidisciplinary Expert ASBrS Panel [2017]
  • Considerations for Clinicians in the Diagnosis, Prevention, and Treatment of Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema, Recommendations from an Expert Panel: Part 2: Preventive and Therapeutic Options [2017]
  • Consensus Guideline on Preoperative Antibiotics and Surgical Site Infection in Breast Surgery [2017]
  • Consensus Guideline on Breast Cancer Lumpectomy Margins [2017]
  • Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis for Patients Undergoing Breast Operations [2016]
  • Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) Consensus Statement from the American Society of Breast Surgeons: Data on CPM Outcomes and Risks [2016]
  • Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy Consensus Statement from the American Society of Breast Surgeons: Additional Considerations and a Framework for Shared Decision Making [2016]
  • Consensus Guideline on Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis for Patients Undergoing Breast Operations [2016]
  • Consensus Guideline on Breast Surgeon Quality Measurement [2016]
  • Toolbox to Reduce Lumpectomy Reoperations and Improve Cosmetic Outcome in Breast Cancer Patients: The American Society of Breast Surgeons Consensus Conference [2015]
  • Performance and Practice Guidelines for Breast-Conserving Surgery-Partial Mastectomy [2015]
  • Performance and Practice Guidelines for Mastectomy [2014]
  • Performance and Practice Guidelines for Axillary Lymph Node Dissection in Breast Cancer Patients [2014]
  • Official Statements

• American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Society of Surgical Oncology–American Society for Radiation Oncology–American Society of Clinical Oncology Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Surgery With Whole-Breast Irradiation in Ductal Carcinoma In Situ [2016]
  • Postmastectomy Radiotherapy: An American Society of Clinical Oncology, American Society for Radiation Oncology, and Society of Surgical Oncology Focused Guideline Update [2016]

• Annals of Surgical Oncology
  • Assessment of Practice Patterns Following Publication of the SSO–ASTRO Consensus Guideline on Margins for Breast-Conserving Therapy in Stage I and II Invasive Breast Cancer [2015]

• Breast
  • Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: A narrative review of the evidence and acceptability [2021]

• International Journal of Surgery
  • Are the American Society for Radiation Oncology Guidelines Accurate Predictors of Recurrence in Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Balloon-Based Brachytherapy? [2013]

• JAMA
  • Uptake and Costs of Hypofractionated vs Conventional Whole Breast Irradiation After Breast Conserving Surgery in the United States, 2008–2013 [2014]

• JAMA Oncology
  • Temporal Trends in Post-Mastectomy Radiation Therapy and Breast Reconstruction [2016]

• M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
  • Evolution in Surgical Management of Breast Cancer-related Lymphedema: The MD Anderson Cancer Center Experience [2020]
  • DCIS Margins and Breast Conservation: MD Anderson Cancer Center Multidisciplinary Practice Guidelines and Outcomes [2017]
  • Breast reconstruction at the MD Anderson Cancer Center [2016]

• Medicine
  • Impact of lack of surgery on outcomes in elderly women with nonmetastatic breast cancer-A surveillance, epidemiology, and end results 18 population based study [2020]

• National Comprehensive Cancer Network
  • Invasive Breast Cancer Version 1.2016, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology [2016]

• NPJ Breast Cancer
  • Surgical Standards for Management of the Axilla in Breast Cancer Clinical Trials with Pathological Complete Response Endpoint [2018]

• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Global Open
  • Breast Reconstruction in Inflammatory Breast Cancer: An Analysis of Predictors, Trends, and Survival from the National Cancer Database [2021]

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