Breast cancer has the highest incidence rate among women in Ethiopia compared to other types of cancer. Unfortunately, many cases are detected at a stage where a cure is delayed or not possible. To address this issue, mammography-based screening is widel
Breast cancer tissue pathology images are a popular method for patient diagnosis due to their ability to observe tissue characteristics at the cellular level [7]. However, these images are obtained through a biopsy, a cumbersome process that includes extraction, tissue processing, and expert analysis...
Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy SSM: Skin-Sparing Mastectomy TNM: Tumor, Node, Metastasis (classification) UICC: Union for International Cancer Control VUS: Variant of Uncertain Significance References Bertozzi S, Londero AP, Xholli A, Azioni G, Di Vora R, Paudice M, Bucimazza I, Cedolini...
We interviewed women at the time of breast biopsy (before they knew their results) and 6months later. At baseline, we assessed intention to accept different breast cancer treatments, sociodemographic, and health characteristics. At follow-up, we asked women about their involvement in treatment ...
I asked if she knew the results of the biopsy she’d had. She didn’t and, what’s more, she didn’t want to know. Her lack of interest in digging deeper was all I needed to know. She was most comfortable not learning the nitty gritty of breast cancer so I told her the odds ...
This study aimed to develop an interpretable machine learning model that accurately predicts Ki-67 expression in breast cancer (BC) patients using a combination of dynamic-contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCE-MRI) radiomics and clinical-imaging features. A total of 195 BC patients, inclu...
Diagnosis delay was calculated as the period (in days) between initial consultation and the date of biopsy. The odds ratios were estimated from a generalized linear mixed model, adjusted by age, number of comorbid conditions, marital status, size of residence, cancer stage, estrogen receptor/...
Biopsy results: one B1, ten B2, one B3 and four B5 (1% of cohort). Of the four malignancies diagnosed, two were in the symptomatic breast with two in the contralateral breast. The women diagnosed ranged from 51 to 80 years old. Out of 372, 63 (16.9%) of the GP referrals did not...
The majority of patients had a preoperatively established breast cancer diagnosis before the initial surgery, but for 109 patients (5.7%; 95% CI, 4.7%-6.8%) the initial procedure was an open surgical breast biopsy, which was associated with a marked increase in reexcision (45.0%; 95% CI,...
alternative to biopsy metastasis to determine ER status in newly diagnosed metastatic breast cancer. While brain metastases are rare in ER-positive/HER2-negative disease, 18F-FES PET/CT scans are able to accurately detect brain metastases. However, 18F-FES PET/CT scans are currently limited in th...