Rates of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Oncoplastic Surgery for Breast Cancer Surgery: A French National Survey.

Background: The current retrospective study was intended to obtain up-to-date and comprehensive data on surgical practice for breast cancer throughout France, including neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) and the more recent surgical techniques of oncoplastic surgery (OPS).

Methods: In June 2011, e-mail surveys were sent to 33 nationally renowned breast cancer surgeons from French public or private hospitals. The questionnaire focused on all the new cases of breast cancer treated in 2010.