Current Trends in and Indications for Endoscopy-Assisted Breast Surgery for Breast Cancer: Results from a Six-Year Study Conducted by the Taiwan Endoscopic Breast Surgery Cooperative Group

• Hung-Wen Lai,

  Affiliations Endoscopy & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Division of General Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), School of Medicine, National Yang Ming University, No.155, Sec.2, Linong Street, Taipei, 112 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Shou-Tung Chen,

  Affiliations Endoscopy & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Division of General Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Dar-Ren Chen,

  Affiliations Endoscopy & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Division of General Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Shu-Ling Chen,

  Affiliations Endoscopy & Oncoplastic Breast Surgery Center, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Tsai-Wang Chang,

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan and Dou-Liou branch, N0. 138, Sheng Li Road, Tainan, 704 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Shou-Jen Kuo,

  Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.), Comprehensive Breast Cancer Center, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, No.135, Nanxiao Street, Changhua, 500 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Yao-Lung Kuo ,

  * E-mail: hungcs@tmu.edu.tw (CSH); ylkuo@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YLK)

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan and Dou-Liou branch, N0. 138, Sheng Li Road, Tainan, 704 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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• Chin-Sheng Hung

  * E-mail: hungcs@tmu.edu.tw (CSH); ylkuo@mail.ncku.edu.tw (YLK)

  Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, No. 252, Wu Hsing Street, Taipei, 110 Taiwan (R.O.C.)

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