President’s address: Minimally invasive treatment for patients with early breast cancer.

We think that minimally invasive treatments, such as lumpectomy, SLNB or minimal invasive dissection can reduce the duration of stay in the hospital to a same-day surgery. In our questionnaire to patients, 63% responded that hospital stay of 2 days was too short of 2 days, because patients in Japan still appreciate a longer stay in hospital. We encourage patients to do everything to detect-come in with breast cancer on the early stage, as it is possible to provide treatment much more successfully. If breast cancer can be detected at on early stage, it is possible to treat patients more conservatively. Breast cancer screening by mammography should be included as an important part of the whole health care system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]