Surgical management of invasive breast cancer: a 5-year prospective study of treatment in the Australian Capital Territory and South-Eastern New South Wales.

Background: Breast cancer is a major health problem in Australia. The aim of the present report is to evaluate the surgical management of invasive breast cancers in our region.

Methodology: As part of a multidisciplinary quality assurance project, data were collected for the majority of breast cancers treated in our region between July 1997 and June 2002.