Surgical methods of treatment in oncology: from expanded to minimally invasive operations

The modern approaches to the cancer patient treatment in terms of oncosurgery development are described in the article. It is noted that the volume of surgeries will decrease in favor of organ- and tissue-preserving interventions on the basis of high technologies in the future. Currently, endosurgical technologies are actively being introduced, having a number of advantages over open operations, but have some shortcomings either. Trends in surgical treatment of patients are focused on minimizing the level of lymphatic dissection after the sentinel lymph node verification.