Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second leading cause of cancer mortality in US women. Breast malignancy accounts for nearly one in three cancers diagnosed in women in the United States. Hence much attention and resources have been directed at this disease – from attempts at prevention, to screening, treatment, and cure. Approaches range from the infinitesimal to the glob...

PURPOSE The aim of this study is to determine and to compare the oncological outcomes of bilateral reduction mammoplasty to standard breast-conserving surgery for breast cancer. METHODS One hundred sixty-two patients who received a quadrantectomy because of breast cancer (group 1) and 106 breast cancer patients with macromastia who underwent breast-conserving surgery via bilateral reduction m...

BACKGROUND Oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery (OBCS) requires more complex surgical techniques than standard wide local excision (WLE) and the postoperative complication rate may be higher. Since these can have an impact on postoperative imaging, we compared imaging and biopsy results after OBCS and WLE. METHODS Findings for patients undergoing OBCS (n = 83) or standard WLE (n = 128) were ...

S t. Agatha classically has been the patron saint of breast cancer patients. She had her breasts mutilated in the 3rd century by a pagan governor in Sicily because she refused to accede to his sexual demands or to sacrifice to the Roman gods. As a martyr, she thus became the patron of nursing mothers and nursemaids who pray to her for healthy breasts and a good supply of milk. Patients with dis...

Tumors located in the upper/upper inner quadrant of the breast warrant more attention. A small lesion relative to the size of breast in this location may be resolved by performing a level I oncoplastic technique. However, a wide excision may significantly reduce the overall quality of the breast shape by distorting the visible breast line. From June 2012 to April 2015, 36 patients with breast c...