**7. Conclusion**

Modern breast cancer surgical management should consider QoL as an equally important treatment outcome as the traditional oncological endpoints. Implementation of an oncoplastic breast conservative approach has significantly improved the QoL as compared to conventional BCS in early-stage breast cancer

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patients. Moreover, oncoplastic BCS has become a treatment option even for patients diagnosed in the locally advanced stage of the disease and irrespective of the tumour response to NAC. As compared to oncoplastic mastectomy, it does not affect the oncological outcomes; however, fewer complications, better QoL and fewer expenses for the healthcare system have been reported for the oncoplastic BCS.

Oncoplastic breast surgery has emerged as a new concept, and it is developing into a new surgical discipline. Basic surgical training in general or plastic surgery is no longer an optimal level of education for the surgeons involved in breast cancer management. Additional theoretical and practical knowledge is highly recommended. In addition, for optimal margin assessment, appropriate irradiation dose delivery and patient follow-up after an oncoplastic procedure, all breast specialists within the modern oncoplastic breast multidisciplinary team should become familiar with the oncoplastic techniques as well.

#### **Conflict of interest**

The author declares no conflict of interest.
