Tag: mastectomy

Articles

• African-American breast cancer patients can improve their breast cancer outcomes
• How does breast reduction surgery affect risk of breast cancer?
• Latest research concerning breast cancer in old age
• Latest research on breast cancer in very young women
• Lobular breast cancer and LCIS
• Male breast cancer characteristics, treatment and prognosis
• Morphine during surgery increases, whereas Toradol reduces, risk of metastasis

News

• At least 8% of women still have lymphedema five years after breast cancer surgery
• Breast cancer prognosis - risk of locoregional recurrence by breast cancer subtype
• Breast cancer treatment differences for foreign-born Hispanic women
• Breast reduction surgery may be combined with lumpectomy for DCIS
• Breast tissue of high risk women resembles nontumor tissue of breast cancer patients
• Characteristics of breast cancer in women under 40
• Contralateral mastectomy in BRCA1/2 patients does not improve survival
• DCIS incidence has increased in recent years
• ER negative, PR negative, and triple negative tumors have increased risk of locoregional recurrence
• Lumpectomy has worse prognosis than mastectomy for young women
• Lumpectomy is not inferior to mastectomy for appropriately selected triple negative patients
• Lumpectomy vs. mastectomy rates vary by type of breast cancer
• Mastectomy of the other breast improves survival in some cases
• Mucinous breast cancer should be evaluated for multiple tumors before treatment
• NSAID given during breast cancer surgery might reduce risk of recurrence
• Old women tend to have less aggressive breast cancer and are given less treatment
• Positive lymph nodes reduce breast cancer survival, especially among old women
• Preoperative MRI can improve surgical management of lobular breast cancer
• Radiation treatment may improve prognosis of early stage triple negative breast cancer
• Regular breast cancer surveillance should continue years after lumpectomy
• Skin-sparing mastectomy not linked to increased breast cancer recurrence
• Surgery to remove breasts and ovaries reduces cancer risks among BRCA1/2 carriers
• Survival times for metastatic breast cancer have been improving
• Worse prognosis for breast cancer after lumpectomy with positive margins
• Young breast cancer patients require aggressive treatment

Studies

• A nationwide epidemiologic study of breast cancer incidence following breast reduction surgery in a large cohort of Swedish women
• Adjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy in triple-negative breast carcinoma: a prospective randomized controlled multi-center trial
• 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
• Association between contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and breast cancer outcomes
• Breast cancer in very young women
• Breast cancer in women under 40 years of age: A series of 57 cases from Northern Ireland
• Breast Cancer Reconstruction in the Elderly
• Breast Cancer Recurrence in Older Women Five to Ten Years after Diagnosis
• Can anesthetic technique for primary breast cancer surgery affect recurrence or metastasis?
• Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Breast Cancer Dormancy
• 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
• Defining a Place for Nipple Sparing Mastectomy in Modern Breast Care: An Evidence Based Review
• Delays in Primary Surgical Treatment Are Not Associated with Significant Tumor Size Progression in Breast Cancer Patients
• Different Annual Recurrence Pattern Between Lumpectomy and Mastectomy: Implication for Breast Cancer Surveillance After Breast-Conserving Surgery
• Do Intraoperative Analgesics Influence Breast Cancer Recurrence After Mastectomy? A Retrospective Analysis
• 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
• Gene expression in histologically normal epithelium from breast cancer patients and from cancer-free prophylactic mastectomy patients shares a similar profile
• Indications for Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in the Setting of Prophylactic Mastectomy
• Influence of birthplace on breast cancer diagnosis and treatment for Hispanic women
• Influence of comorbidities and age on risk of death without recurrence: a retrospective analysis of the Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination trial
• Influence of Lymphatic Invasion on Locoregional Recurrence Following Mastectomy: Indication for Postmastectomy Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer Patients with One to Three Positive Nodes
• 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?
• Is risk-reducing mastectomy in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers with a history of unilateral breast cancer beneficial with respect to distant disease free survival and overall survival?
• Local, regional, and systemic recurrence rates in patients undergoing skin-sparing mastectomy compared with conventional mastectomy
• Locoregional recurrence after breast cancer surgery: a systematic review by receptor phenotype
• 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
• Locoregional recurrence risk factors in breast cancer patients with positive axillary lymph nodes and the impact of postmastectomy radiotherapy
• Long-term outcomes in breast cancer patients undergoing immediate 2-stage expander/implant reconstruction and postmastectomy radiation
• Male breast cancer: An institution’s 25-year 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
• Noninvasive Detection of Breast Cancer Lymph Node Metastasis Using Carbonic Anhydrases IX and XII Targeted Imaging Probes
• NSAID Analgesic Ketorolac Used Perioperatively May Suppress Early Breast Cancer Relapse: Something for Nothing in Breast Cancer?
• Partial Breast Brachytherapy Is Associated with Inferior Effectiveness and Increased Toxicity Compared with Whole Breast Irradiation in Older Patients
• Population-Based Study of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy and Survival Outcomes of Breast Cancer Patients
• Prevalence of lymphoedema more than five years after breast cancer treatment
• Quality of life and satisfaction after breast cancer operation
• Recurrence rates and long-term survival in women diagnosed with breast cancer at age 40 and younger
• Reduction mammaplasty: An advantageous option for breast conserving surgery in large-breasted patients
• Risk of locoregional recurrence by receptor status in breast cancer patients receiving modern systemic therapy and post-mastectomy radiation
• Role of MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) versus conventional imaging for breast cancer presurgical staging in young women or with dense breast
• Should Postmastectomy Radiotherapy to the Chest Wall and Regional Lymph Nodes Be Standard for Patients with 1-3 Positive Lymph Nodes?
• 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 Use of Oncoplastic Reduction Techniques to Reconstruct Partial Mastectomy Defects in Women with Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
• Therapeutic management of male breast cancer in Germany
• Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Is Not a Contraindication for Breast Conservation
• Twenty-five year results of the national cancer institute randomized breast conservation trial
• Unnecessary Axillary Surgery for Patients With Node-Negative Breast Cancer Undergoing Total Mastectomy
• Widespread Mechanical Pain Hypersensitivity as a Sign of Central Sensitization after Breast Cancer Surgery: Comparison between Mastectomy and Lumpectomy