Tag: mastectomy

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• 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
• Latest research on radiation treatment for breast cancer
• Lobular breast cancer and LCIS
• Male breast cancer characteristics, treatment and prognosis
• Morphine during surgery increases, whereas Toradol reduces, risk of metastasis
• When should mastectomy be followed by radiation treatment?

News

• At least 8% of women still have lymphedema five years after breast cancer surgery
• Bilateral mastectomy can improve ER-/PR- breast cancer survival in some cases
• Brachytherapy has similar survival but more complications than whole breast irradiation
• 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 plus radiation is as effective as mastectomy for many early-stage breast cancer 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
• Are there high-risk subgroups for isolated locoregional failure in patients who had T1/2 breast cancer with one to three positive lymph nodes and received mastectomy without radiotherapy?
• Association between contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and breast cancer outcomes by hormone receptor status
• Association Between Treatment With Brachytherapy vs Whole-Breast Irradiation and Subsequent Mastectomy, Complications, and Survival Among Older Women With Invasive Breast Cancer
• 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
• Breast cancer related lymphedema in patients with different loco-regional treatments
• Breast conserving therapy versus mastectomy for stage I-II breast cancer: 20 year follow-up of the EORTC 10801 phase 3 randomised trial
• Can anesthetic technique for primary breast cancer surgery affect recurrence or metastasis?
• Characteristics and Outcomes of Sentinel Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients after Total Mastectomy without Axillary-Specific Treatment
• Circulating Tumor Cells in Patients with Breast Cancer Dormancy
• Close or positive margins after mastectomy in early-stage, node-negative breast cancer: The association of tumor grade with local recurrence
• Comparing survival with breast-conservation therapy or mastectomy in the management of young women with early-stage breast cancer
• Comparison of Patient Characteristics and Outcomes of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy and Unilateral Total Mastectomy in Breast Cancer Patients
• 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
• Impact of aggregate of risk factors for isolated locoregional failure in breast cancer patients treated with mastectomy without radiotherapy
• Impact of Postmastectomy Radiation on Locoregional Recurrence in Breast Cancer Patients With 1-3 Positive Lymph Nodes Treated With Modern Systemic Therapy
• Implant-Based, Two-Stage Breast Reconstruction in the Setting of Radiation Injury: An Outcome Study
• 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 Failure in Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Treated with Radical Mastectomy and Adjuvant Systemic Therapy: Which Patients Benefit from Postmastectomy Irradiation?
• 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 cosmetic changes after breast-conserving treatment of patients with stage I-II breast cancer and included in the EORTC 'boost versus no boost' trial
• 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
• Mastectomy without radiotherapy: outcome analysis after 10 years of follow-up in a single institution
• Microvascular Breast Reconstruction and Lymph Node Transfer for Postmastectomy Lymphedema Patients
• 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?
• Online Tool to Guide Decisions for BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers
• 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
• Preoperative Staging with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, with Confirmatory Biopsy, Improves Surgical Outcomes in Women with Breast Cancer without Increasing Rates of Mastectomy
• Prevalence of lymphoedema more than five years after breast cancer treatment
• Prognostic Value of Molecular Subtypes, Ki67 Expression and Impact of Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy in Breast Cancer Patients With Negative Lymph Nodes After Mastectomy
• Quality of life and satisfaction after breast cancer operation
• Radiotherapy Can Decrease Locoregional Recurrence and Increase Survival in Mastectomy Patients With T1 to T2 Breast Cancer and One to Three Positive Nodes With Negative Estrogen Receptor and Positive Lymphovascular Invasion Status
• 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
• Role of Postmastectomy Radiation After Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II-III Breast Cancer
• Should Postmastectomy Radiotherapy to the Chest Wall and Regional Lymph Nodes Be Standard for Patients with 1-3 Positive Lymph Nodes?
• Similar Survival with Breast Conservation Therapy or Mastectomy in the Management of Young Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
• Surgical Margins and the Risk of Local-Regional Recurrence After Mastectomy Without Radiation Therapy
• Ten-year follow-up of skin-sparing mastectomy followed by immediate breast reconstruction
• The association between biological subtype and locoregional recurrence in newly diagnosed breast cancer
• The Effect of Radiotherapy on Implant-based Breast Reconstruction in the Setting of Skin-sparing Mastectomy: Clinical Series and Review of Complications
• The Evaluation of Contralateral Breast Lesions in Breast Cancer Patients Using Reduction Mammoplasty
• The impact of preoperative breast MRI on the re-excision rate in invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast
• The role of oncoplastic therapeutic mammoplasty in breast cancer surgery- A review
• 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
• Using Complications Associated With Postmastectomy Radiation and Immediate Breast Reconstruction to Improve Surgical Decision Making
• Widespread Mechanical Pain Hypersensitivity as a Sign of Central Sensitization after Breast Cancer Surgery: Comparison between Mastectomy and Lumpectomy