BACKGROUND there are few studies on breast symptoms (BS) in patients attended at primary care units in Mexico. The aim was to determine the frequency and types of BS overall and by age-group and establish which BS were related to diagnosis of breast cancer. METHODS data from all female patients with a breast-disease-related diagnosis, attended from 2006 to 2010, at the Family Medicine Unit 38...

Mastalgia and generalised breast nodularity where a discrete lump cannot be felt called Aberration of Normal Development and Involution (ANDI) is the most common condition leading to breast related consultations. The author's work on this clinical syndrome over the last 3 decades has led to documentation of its natural history, epidemiological study of ANDI, development of objective scales for ...

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter clinical trial was conducted with 111 otherwise healthy euthyroid women with a history of breast pain. Patients had to document moderate or severe breast pain by recording a score > or =5 on a visual analog scale (VAS) of pain for > or =6 days per cycle and had to present with fibrosis involving at least 25% of both breast surfaces. Su...

BACKGROUND Extramedullary plasmacytomas are seldom solitary and usually progress to diffuse myelomatosis. Plasmacytomas of the breast are rare, especially when not associated multiple myeloma. Synchronous infiltrating ductal carcinoma and primary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the breast have not previously reported. CASE PRESENTATION A 27-years-old woman with an untreated upper outer quadran...

Results: An average 469 new patients per year or 11 new patients per clinic visit were reviewed over a two and a half year period. Females predominated (98.9%). The mean age of the patients was 34.71 years (range 1 to 96 years). The average age at menarche was 14.49 years and the mean duration of symptoms was 6.86 months. Only 2.6% of 843 patients had a positive family history of breast disease...

PURPOSE We investigated the role of tamoxifen and radiotherapy (RT) for the prevention and treatment of gynecomastia and breast pain during adjuvant bicalutamide monotherapy after radical prostatectomy (RP) in patients with prostate cancer. Also, we evaluated their effects on patient hormonal status, quality of life (QOL), sexual function and prostate specific antigen relapse-free survival. M...

Breast support has previously been shown to influence surface EMG of the pectoralis major during running. Reductions in muscle activity have previously been associated with a reduction in energy cost, which may be advantageous for female runners. Ten female participants performed two self-paced (average pace 9 km h(-1)) 5 km treadmill runs under two breast support conditions (low and high); an ...

BACKGROUND In Ghana data on breast disease is lacking. OBJECTIVE To describe the type of complaints presented at a specialist clinic. STUDY DESIGN A prospective descriptive study. SETTING The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital Breast Care Centre (KATH-BCC) METHOD: Data including the age, type of complaints, the clinical, radiological and histological diagnosis was obtained and recorded from a...

BACKGROUND Acupuncture as a therapy, and acupressure as self-treatment, are increasingly widely used for gynaecological conditions, and this study aims to review the scientific literature on their effectiveness. METHOD A systematic review of controlled trials of acupuncture or acupressure for gynaecological conditions, published in a European language. SYNTHESIS No studies in mastalgia, men...

CYCLIC AND NON-CYCLIC BREAST-PAIN A systematic review on pain reduction, side effects, and quality of life for various treatments. BACKGROUND No clear systematic-review on all the various treatment regimen for (Non-) cyclical-breast-pain currently exists. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to assess the various forms of therapy for treatment of breast-pain and the evidence for their effec...