Percutaneous Breast Cancer Treatment

The minimally invasive approach remains popular in the treatment of breast cancer. Breast surgery has evolved from radical mastectomy to breast-conserving surgery. Axillary surgery adopts the same goal as sentinel lymph node biopsy. Nowadays, surgery is replaced by ablative treatments in selected cases and for specific indications. Ablation techniques are based on the principle of creating acute cellular necrosis in tissue using thermal or electrical energy under local or general anesthesia. The most popular of these are cryoablation and radiofrequency ablation. Cryoablation is the most preferred method among ablative therapies because of causing less pain and having better cosmetic results. In the literature, data on the short- and medium-term results of ablative treatments is increasing daily. Success rates close to surgery have been reported in these minimally invasive methods applied percutaneously. However, long-term results are needed with larger multicenter randomized controlled studies.