A Response and Discussion with Respect to Gulcelik's Study in Oncoplastic Level II Surgical Techniques for Breast Cancer Treatment.

Abstract

The present is a response to the research article entitled “Oncoplastic Level II Surgical Techniques for Breast Cancer Treatment: Long-Term Outcomes” by Gulcelik MA, Dogan L, Karaman N, Bahcecitapar M and Ozaslan C published in Breast Care (2022;17:24–30). We would like to emphasize the psicosocial and personal aspect in conservative breast surgery and focus on this issue. We open the debate of the need of using systematically the measure of this aspect in breast oncology surgery, specially in oncoplastic techniques.