Pectoralis Muscle Dosimetry and Posttreatment Rehabilitation Utilization for Patients With Early-Stage Breast Cancer
CONCLUSIONS: In this limited cohort of patients, we could not definitively conclude a relationship between pectoralis muscle doses and use of rehabilitation services. Given the borderline significant findings, this should be further investigated in a larger cohort.PMID:37768242 | DOI:10.1016/j.prro.2023.07.006 (Source: Ann Oncol)
Source: Ann Oncol - September 28, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Jamie S K Takayesu Shannon J Jiang Robin Marsh Alexander Moncion Sean R Smith Lori J Pierce Reshma Jagsi David B Lipps Source Type: research
Predictors of postoperative lumpectomy size in breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study
CONCLUSION: Postoperative lumpectomy size can be predicted with BMI, breast size and radiological tumor size. This model could be beneficial for (plastic) breast surgeons in planning reconstructions and to prepare and inform their patients more accurately.PMID:37749793 | DOI:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011085 (Source: Hand Surgery)
Source: Hand Surgery - September 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Seher Makineli Rogier Strijbis Jonathan Tsehaie Pascal P A Schellekens Maaike Moman Liesbeth Veenendaal P Ferdinandus Arjen J Witkamp Milan Richir Wies Maarse Source Type: research
Predictors of postoperative lumpectomy size in breast-conserving surgery in breast cancer patients: a retrospective cohort study
CONCLUSION: Postoperative lumpectomy size can be predicted with BMI, breast size and radiological tumor size. This model could be beneficial for (plastic) breast surgeons in planning reconstructions and to prepare and inform their patients more accurately.PMID:37749793 | DOI:10.1097/PRS.0000000000011085 (Source: Hand Surgery)
Source: Hand Surgery - September 26, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Seher Makineli Rogier Strijbis Jonathan Tsehaie Pascal P A Schellekens Maaike Moman Liesbeth Veenendaal P Ferdinandus Arjen J Witkamp Milan Richir Wies Maarse Source Type: research
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Long-Term Adverse Radiotherapy Effects among Breast Cancer Survivors
CONCLUSIONS: AIAN, Black, and Hispanic patients reported substantially worse long-term breast and skin QOL outcomes after radiotherapy. Additional work is needed to understand these differences and how to alleviate them.PMID:37751792 | DOI:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.09.023 (Source: Health Physics)
Source: Health Physics - September 26, 2023 Category: Physics Authors: Kevin Diao Xiudong Lei Weiguo He Reshma Jagsi Sharon H Giordano Grace L Smith Abigail Caudle Yu Shen Susan K Peterson Benjamin D Smith Source Type: research
Encapsulated papillary carcinoma of the breast: A single institution experience
In conclusion, a substantial proportion of invasive EPC cases display aggressive characteristics and metastatic potential, despite it being considered a subtype of carcinoma in situ with excellent prognosis, and local surgical resection is the initial method of treatment. Therefore, adjuvant endocrine therapy, radiotherapy and chemotherapy should be considered in select patients, especially in those diagnosed with invasive EPC tumors.PMID:37736553 | PMC:PMC10509775 | DOI:10.3892/ol.2023.14046 (Source: Oncology Letters)
Source: Oncology Letters - September 22, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Liang Xu Qixin Mao Qiuming Liu Yufeng Gao Lihua Luo Chungen Guo Wei Qu Ningning Yan Yali Cao Source Type: research
A Bear of an Aberrant Case: Bilateral Breast Malignancies in a Woman With Previous History of Breast Radiation
An 83-year-old woman with history of left-sided breast cancer treated with lumpectomy, axillary lymph node dissection, and adjuvant radiation therapy to the left breast alone 25 years ago presented for skin ulceration over the left breast. Shave biopsy returned breast carcinoma, Estrogen Receptor 90%, Progesterone Receptor 95%, Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 nonamplified. Diagnostic mammography and ultrasound demonstrated a 2.0 cm right axillary lymph node and one mass in each breast. (Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics)
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - September 20, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Ji Hyae Lee, Karen Tye Tags: Gray Zone Source Type: research
COVID-associated complications after reconstructive breast surgery: a retrospective cohort study
ConclusionPerioperative COVID-infection increases susceptibility to complicated wound healing after reconstructive breast surgery. A possible explanation lies in the dysregulation of haemostasis by the virus, and its direct effects on microvasculature. A hypercoagulable state results. We recommend to postpone elective breast surgery for 4 –6 weeks after COVID-19 infection. Also, precautionary measures remain important to minimize the risk of perioperative COVID-19 infection. (Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - September 18, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
The impact of nurse navigation on timeliness to treatment for benign high-risk breast pathology
ConclusionNurse navigation was significantly associated with decreased time to care for patients with high-risk breast pathology undergoing lumpectomy. We recommend nurse navigation programs as part of a comprehensive approach for patients with high-risk breast pathology. (Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - September 15, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Numerical and physical modeling of breast cancer based on image fusion and artificial intelligence
ConclusionThe new approach developed for the pre-operative assessment and surgical planning of breast cancer patients has demonstrated significant potential for improving the accuracy and efficacy of surgical procedures. This procedure may also help the pathomorphological justification. Moreover, transparent 3D-printed breast models can benefit breast cancer operation assistance. The physical and computational models can help surgeons visualize the breast and the tumor more accurately and detailedly, allowing them to plan the surgery with greater precision and accuracy. (Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment)
Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - September 15, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: research
Automated contouring and statistical process control for plan quality in a breast clinical trial
CONCLUSIONS: An automated contouring model in a statistical process control framework was appropriate for assessing planning consistency in a breast radiotherapy clinical trial.PMID:37712064 | PMC:PMC10498301 | DOI:10.1016/j.phro.2023.100486 (Source: Cancer Control)
Source: Cancer Control - September 15, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hana Baroudi Callistus I Huy Minh Nguyen Sean Maroongroge Benjamin D Smith Joshua S Niedzielski Simona F Shaitelman Adam Melancon Sanjay Shete Thomas J Whitaker Melissa P Mitchell Isidora Yvonne Arzu Jack Duryea Soleil Hernandez Daniel El Basha Raymond Mu Source Type: research
In vivo lymph node CEST-Dixon MRI in breast cancer patients with metastatic lymph node involvement
CONCLUSIONS: Findings are consistent with a unique metastatic LN microenvironment detectable by CEST-Dixon and suggest that CEST MRI may have potential for mapping LN metastasis non-invasively in vivo.PMID:37684712 | DOI:10.1002/mrm.29858 (Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)
Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - September 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Manus J Donahue Paula M C Donahue R Sky Jones Maria Garza Chelsea Lee Niral J Patel Andrea Cooper Jill B De Vis Ingrid Meszoely Rachelle Crescenzi Source Type: research
In vivo lymph node CEST-Dixon MRI in breast cancer patients with metastatic lymph node involvement
CONCLUSIONS: Findings are consistent with a unique metastatic LN microenvironment detectable by CEST-Dixon and suggest that CEST MRI may have potential for mapping LN metastasis non-invasively in vivo.PMID:37684712 | DOI:10.1002/mrm.29858 (Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)
Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - September 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Manus J Donahue Paula M C Donahue R Sky Jones Maria Garza Chelsea Lee Niral J Patel Andrea Cooper Jill B De Vis Ingrid Meszoely Rachelle Crescenzi Source Type: research
In vivo lymph node CEST-Dixon MRI in breast cancer patients with metastatic lymph node involvement
CONCLUSIONS: Findings are consistent with a unique metastatic LN microenvironment detectable by CEST-Dixon and suggest that CEST MRI may have potential for mapping LN metastasis non-invasively in vivo.PMID:37684712 | DOI:10.1002/mrm.29858 (Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine)
Source: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine - September 9, 2023 Category: Radiology Authors: Manus J Donahue Paula M C Donahue R Sky Jones Maria Garza Chelsea Lee Niral J Patel Andrea Cooper Jill B De Vis Ingrid Meszoely Rachelle Crescenzi Source Type: research
