In this survey we present an exposition of the development during the last decade of metric fixed point theory on hyperconvex metric spaces. Therefore we mainly cover results where the conditions on the mappings are metric. We will recall results about proximinal nonexpansive retractions and their impact into the theory of best approximation and best proximity pairs. A central role in this survey will be also played by some recent developments on R-trees. Finally, some considerations and new results on the extension of compact mappings will be shown.
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