Oncoplastic and reconstructive education and training in the U.K.

INTRODUCTION Oncoplastic surgery represents a new philosophy that will influence every aspect of breast surgery. There is no clarity around the definition and scope of oncoplastic surgery but its broadest definition encompasses a wide range of practice from postmastectomy free flap reconstruction to appropriate scar placement for benign or diagnostic breast procedures. The terms breast and oncoplastic surgery/surgeons will become synonymous and interchangeable.