Controversy abounds among those who treat patients with breast cancer. This text provides the information that will give you the physician a chance to decide upon the best treatment modality for your patients. Examines the role of radical mastectomy, the question of whether clinically localized breast cancer is curable, and the management of advanced breast cancer. The management of breast cancer has been modified as advances in treatment have occurred. Yet each advance that occurs brings with it more controversy over many aspects of the biology and management of breast cancer