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Breast minimally invasive techniques are increasingly applied to breast cancer surgery, with the advantages of a small incision, minor trauma and aesthetics while treating the disease, contributing to improving the life quality of breast cancer patients. The main objective of this study was to explore and discuss the trends and hotspots in minimally invasive techniques for breast cancer surgery (MIBCS) from the last decade with bibliometric analysis, providing reference for exploration of new orientations for future research in that field. Related articles were searched from the Web of Science database, the collected data was analyzed on software to generate visualization knowledge maps. Bibliometric indicators covered publications, h-index, institutions, journals, authors, keywords, and research hotspots. China was ranked the highest for number of articles, followed by USA. The top five authors with the most publications were from Changhua Christian Hospital in Taiwan, who have contributed the most to MIBCS. The main hotspots were minimally invasive reconstruction, nipple-sparing mastectomy, and conserving surgery, with the postoperative results as the key research trend. From this study, Taiwan is the region of most contribution involving the number of publications, authors, journals, and institutions. Minimally invasive development still remains the core of MIBCS. At present, endoscopic nipple-sparing mastectomy with immediate reconstruction has been well established. Endoscopic robot assisted surgery will be tried to be adopted by more doctors. The evaluation of postoperative results will exist throughout the time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Breast conserving surgery (BCS) for breast cancer is widely performed. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of the 100 most cited articles in BCS research. The 100 most cited articles were retrieved from the Web of Science datasbase. Using bibliometric tools, the contributions of countries, institutions, authors, and of research development were analyzed. The country with the highest number of manuscripts in the top 100 was the United States (n = 59). The Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and University of Pennsylvania each published 21 articles. Bartelink H, Harris JR, and Morrow M each published eight articles. Among the top 100 most cited articles, hotspots focused on breast-conserving margins, recurrence, distant metastases, radiotherapy, and some controlled trials. Surgical margin, recurrence, distant metastases, radiation therapy are the hot topics in these 100 articles. There may be new radiotherapy modalities to improve the efficacy of post-operative radiotherapy in the future. The results of this review provide breast surgeons with research highlights and hot spots in the field of BCS and predict the future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]