[Treatment of breast carcinoma in Italy]

Treatment of breast cancer has been submitted to a deep revision in the last years. Conservative surgery plus radiotherapy is increasingly adopted as the standard method of treatment for small tumors of the breast. Nevertheless the diffusion of this therapy is slackened by the lack of Oncologic Centers, mainly Radiotherapy Departments, in Italy. A survey of breast cancer treatment in Italy was done and the Author concludes that only a larger diffusion of Oncologic Institutions, mainly in southern Italy, can offer breast cancer patients the possibility to be cured according to modern and reliable treatment protocols.