Tag: lumpectomy

Articles

• African-American breast cancer patients can improve their breast cancer outcomes
• Morphine during surgery increases, whereas Toradol reduces, risk of metastasis

News

• African-Americans receiving less optimal treatment for early-stage breast cancer
• Age and breast cancer subtype influence prognosis after lumpectomy
• At least 8% of women still have lymphedema five years after breast cancer surgery
• Axillary dissection may not be necessary in some women with positive lymph nodes
• Axillary lymph node dissection may not be necessary in women with positive lymph nodes
• Breast cancer prognosis - risk of locoregional recurrence by breast cancer subtype
• Breast cancer survivors should have careful follow-up regardless of BC type
• Breast cancer treatment differences for foreign-born Hispanic women
• Breast reduction surgery may be combined with lumpectomy for DCIS
• Clear surgical margins of at least 1 mm reduce rate of local recurrence
• Delay in radiation treatment for breast cancer increases risk of local recurrence
• Herceptin has reduced locoregional recurrence for HER2+ compared to triple negative breast cancer
• Inappropriate omission of radiation after breast-conserving surgery is becoming more common
• Lobular breast cancer micrometastases may incorrectly be classified as isolated tumor cells
• Locoregional recurrence indicates poor prognosis 10 or more years after lumpectomy
• Long-term outcomes for DCIS patients can vary significantly according to treatment decisions
• Lumpectomy has worse prognosis than mastectomy for young women
• Lumpectomy is not inferior to mastectomy for appropriately selected triple negative patients
• Lumpectomy may be less effective in young breast cancer patients
• Lumpectomy vs. mastectomy rates vary by type of breast cancer
• Old women tend to have less aggressive breast cancer and are given less treatment
• Partial breast irradiation for early stage ductal breast cancer may be adequate
• Positive lymph nodes reduce breast cancer survival, especially among old women
• Pre-operative MRIs find additional disease in 20% of lobular breast cancer patients
• Preoperative MRI can improve surgical management of lobular breast cancer
• Radiation after lumpectomy reduces recurrence for DCIS survivors
• Radiation after surgery for DCIS reduces risk of local recurrence
• Radiation treatment after lumpectomy significantly reduces long-term recurrence and death
• Radiation treatment may improve prognosis of early stage triple negative breast cancer
• Residual cancer after chemotherapy
• Residual disease can be prevented for many breast cancer patients with 2 mm clean margins
• Risk of breast cancer seeding varies according to needle biopsy method
• Sentinel node micrometastases do not reduce breast cancer survival in early years
• Some women with close margins after lumpectomy face increased risk of recurrence
• Survival times for metastatic breast cancer have been improving
• Undetected lymph node micrometastases do not greatly reduce overall survival
• Women undergoing breast conserving treatment can have ongoing side effects
• Women with dense breasts have higher risk of local breast cancer recurrence
• Worse prognosis for breast cancer after lumpectomy with positive margins
• Young breast cancer patients require aggressive treatment

Studies

• A two-millimetre free margin from invasive tumour minimises residual disease in breast-conserving surgery
• Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer: Patterns in Utilization and Guideline Concordance
• Accelerated partial breast irradiation using external beam conformal radiation therapy: A review
• Accurate classification of sentinel lymph node metastases in patients with lobular breast carcinoma
• Adjuvant trastuzumab reduces locoregional recurrence in women who receive breast-conservation therapy for lymph node-negative, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive breast cancer
• Age <40 Years is an Independent Prognostic Factor Predicting Inferior Overall Survival in Patients Treated with Breast Conservative Therapy
• Age, Breast Cancer Subtype Approximation, and Local Recurrence After Breast-Conserving Therapy
• Age, Comorbidity, and Breast Cancer Severity: Impact on Receipt of Definitive Local Therapy and Rate of Recurrence among Older Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
• An Animal Model to Investigate Breast Cancer Dissemination Following Surgery on the Primary Tumor
• Are breast conservation and mastectomy equally effective in the treatment of young women with early breast cancer? Long-term results of a population-based cohort of 1,451 patients aged under 40 years
• Avoiding Axillary Treatment in Sentinel Lymph Node Micrometastases of Breast Cancer: A Prospective Analysis of Axillary or Distant Recurrence
• Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis
• Axillary recurrence rate 5 years after negative sentinel node biopsy for breast cancer
• Breast cancer in elderly women (at least 80 years): variation in standard of care?
• Breast cancer in very young women
• Breast cancer in women under 40 years of age: A series of 57 cases from Northern Ireland
• Change of aesthetic and functional outcome over time and their relationship to quality of life after breast conserving therapy
• Characteristics Associated with the Initiation of Radiation Therapy after Breast-Conserving Surgery among African American and White Women Diagnosed with Early-Stage Breast Cancer in Maryland, 2000-2006
• Clear margins for invasive lobular carcinoma: a surgical challenge
• Clinical Outcomes Using Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation in Patients with Invasive Lobular Carcinoma
• Comparing survival with breast-conservation therapy or mastectomy in the management of young women with early-stage breast cancer
• Conservative surgery in patients with multifocal/multicentric breast cancer
• Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers
• Cosmetic Outcome and Percentage of Breast Volume Excision in Oncoplastic Breast Conserving Surgery
• Cosmetic Outcomes and Complications Reported by Patients Having Undergone Breast-Conserving Treatment
• Delays in Primary Surgical Treatment Are Not Associated with Significant Tumor Size Progression in Breast Cancer Patients
• Determination of clear margin in breast-conserving surgery: Is 1 mm needed?
• Diagnosis of second breast cancer events after initial diagnosis of early stage breast cancer
• Different Annual Recurrence Pattern Between Lumpectomy and Mastectomy: Implication for Breast Cancer Surveillance After Breast-Conserving Surgery
• Does a Supplementary Preoperative Breast MRI in Patients with Invasive Lobular Breast Cancer Change Primary and Secondary Surgical Interventions?
• Ductal Carcinoma In Situ of the Breast: A Systematic Review of Incidence, Treatment, and Outcomes
• Effect of Occult Metastases on Survival in Node-Negative Breast Cancer
• Effect of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery on 10-year recurrence and 15-year breast cancer death: meta-analysis of individual patient data for 10 801 women in 17 randomised trials
• Evaluation of a Breast Cancer Nomogram for Predicting Risk of Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrences in Patients With Ductal Carcinoma in Situ After Local Excision
• Impact of initial surgical margins and residual cancer upon re-excision on outcome of patients with localized breast cancer
• Impact of interval from breast conserving surgery to radiotherapy on local recurrence in older women with breast cancer: retrospective cohort analysis
• Improved Outcomes of Breast-Conserving Therapy for Patients with Ductal Carcinoma in Situ
• Influence of birthplace on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for Hispanic women
• Influence of uncommon histology on breast conservation therapy for breast cancer-biology dictates technique?
• Is breast-conserving therapy a safe option for patients with tumor multicentricity and multifocality?
• Locoregional recurrence after breast cancer surgery: a systematic review by receptor phenotype
• Locoregional recurrence after breast conserving therapy remains an independent prognostic factor even after an event free interval of ten years in early stage breast cancer
• Locoregional Recurrence After Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection With or Without Axillary Dissection in Patients With Sentinel Lymph Node Metastases: The American College of Surgeons Oncology Group Z0011 Randomized Trial
• Locoregional Recurrence in Patients With Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: Preliminary Results of a Single Institution Study
• Locoregional recurrence risk after lipofilling in breast cancer patients
• Long-Term Outcomes of Invasive Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrences After Lumpectomy in NSABP B-17 and B-24 Randomized Clinical Trials for DCIS
• Long-Term Results of Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer
• Mammographic density and the risk of breast cancer recurrence after breast-conserving surgery
• Management of Operable Invasive Breast Cancer in Women Over the Age of 70: Long-Term Results of a Large-Scale Single-Institution Experience
• Molecular Class as a Predictor of Locoregional and Distant Recurrence in the Neoadjuvant Setting for Breast Cancer
• Mucinous Breast Carcinoma: Occult Multifocality/Multicentricity in a Favorable Disease
• Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Increases the Rate of Breast Conservation in Lobular-Type Breast Cancer Patients
• New Test Predicts Risk for Recurrence for Patients With DCIS
• Noninvasive Detection of Breast Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis Using Carbonic Anhydrases IX and XII Targeted Imaging Probes
• Omission of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery in the United States
• Outcome after breast-conserving therapy for patients with stage I or II mucinous, medullary, or tubular breast carcinoma
• Partial Breast Brachytherapy Is Associated with Inferior Effectiveness and Increased Toxicity Compared with Whole Breast Irradiation in Older Patients
• Prevalence of lymphoedema more than five years after breast cancer treatment
• Quality of life and satisfaction after breast cancer operation
• Quality-of-Life and Self-Esteem Outcomes after Oncoplastic Breast-Conserving Surgery
• Racial disparities in the use of radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery: A national Medicare study
• Recurrence rates and long-term survival in women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40 and younger
• Risk Factors of Developing Long-Lasting Breast Pain After Breast Cancer Radiotherapy
• Role of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) versus conventional imaging for breast cancer presurgical staging in young women or with dense breast
• Safety and efficacy of targeted intraoperative radiotherapy (TARGIT) for early breast cancer: First report of a randomized controlled trial at 10-years maximum follow-up
• Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Breast Cancer: Ten-Year Results of a Randomized Controlled Study
• Sequence of Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer After Breast-Conserving Surgery
• Should Postmastectomy Radiotherapy to the Chest Wall and Regional Lymph Nodes Be Standard for Patients with 1-3 Positive Lymph Nodes?
• Subsets of Women with Close or Positive Margins After Breast-Conserving Surgery with High Local Recurrence Risk Despite Breast Plus Boost Radiotherapy
• Telomere length variation in normal epithelial cells adjacent to tumor: potential biomarker for breast cancer local recurrence
• The association between biological subtype and locoregional recurrence in newly diagnosed breast cancer
• The impact of preoperative breast MRI on the re-excision rate in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast
• The importance of the lumpectomy surgical margin status in long term results of breast conservation
• The influence of margin width and volume of disease near margin on benefit of radiation therapy for women with DCIS treated with breast-conserving therapy
• Timing of re-excision surgery (S2) for positive margins (PM) and initiation of adjuvant systemic treatment (aRx) in early breast cancer patients (BC pts)
• Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Not a Contraindication for Breast Conservation
• Twenty-five year results of the national cancer institute randomized breast conservation trial
• Widespread Mechanical Pain Hypersensitivity as a Sign of Central Sensitization after Breast Cancer Surgery: Comparison between Mastectomy and Lumpectomy