Needle Biopsy for Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A QualityMetric for Breast Surgical PracticeKristine E. Calhoun and Benjamin O. Anderson, University of Washington, Seattle, WASee accompanying article on page 2206Percutaneous needle biopsy (PNB) for breast tissue diagnosis hasemergedasaqualitymetricforbreastdis...
Breast cancer confined within the lining of the endothelial cells along the breast duct is known as non-invasive (or in-situ) cancer. Breast cancer is described as invasive when it starts to spread beyond the breast duct, where the blood and lymph vessels lay that serve as a gateway for ...
Breast cancer causes metabolic alteration, and volatile metabolites in the breath of patients may be used to diagnose breast cancer. The objective of this study was to develop a new breath test for breast cancer by analyzing volatile metabolites in the e
For residual N1 nodal disease following neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) for patients with breast cancer, the optimal local therapy for axilla is an evolving area. We analyzed the long-term results of these patients according to axillary surgical methods using propensity score matching (PSM) to clarify...
"Your mammogram is suspicious for breast cancer." "Your biopsy was positive for breast cancer." These are among the most terrifying words a woman can hear from her doctor. Breast cancer elicits so many fears, including those relating to death, surgery, loss of body image, and loss of sexua...
Blue dye alone (BDA), lymphoscintigraphy alone, or, a combination of the two techniques are used for sentinel node biopsy (SNB) in breast cancer. This study reviews the effectiveness of the SNB technique using BDA by measuring the node identification rate and comparing the cohort node positivity...
From 1948 to 1975, at the Istituto Nazionale Tumori of Milan, 209 patients underwent extended radical mastectomy (ERM) for breast cancer classified as T1 NO-1 MO. In 57 patients (27.3%), the ERM was preceded by an excisional biopsy performed in the outpatient clinic (Group A), of which...
Sentinel-lymph-node biopsy for breast cancer--not yet the standard of care A sentinel lymph node is the first lymph node to receive lymphatic drainage from a tumor. It can be detected by injection of a blue dye or radioactive colloid around the primary tumor, which travels to and ...
"I was so grateful to be part of this study. It was a life-changing event for me during a difficult, dark time when I was trying to accept that I would die from breast cancer and my children would have to grow up without me," says Lee. ...
Background The optimum timing of sentinel-lymph-node biopsy for breast cancer patients treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy is uncertain. The SENTINA (SENTinel NeoAdjuvant) study was designed to evaluate a specific algorithm for timing of a standardised sentinel-lymph-node biopsy procedure in patients ...