Background Vitamin D has been suggested to influence the incidence and prognosis of breast cancer, and studies have found better overall survival (OS) after diagnosis for breast cancer in summer-autumn, where the vitamin D level are expected to be highest. Objective To compare the prognostic outcome for early breast cancer patients operated at different seasons of the year. Design Open popula...

OBJECTIVE To review the efficacy of telephone preoperative anaesthesia assessment in patients undergoing ambulatory breast surgery. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Day Surgery Centre, Tung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Patients with breast lumps to be excised were seen by dedicated breast surgeons and informed of day procedures and preoperative anaesthesia assessment. Those who fu...

Acinic cell carcinoma (ACCA), a type of malignant epithelial neoplasm, tends to occur in the parotid gland, and is occasionally found within breast. Published literature regarding primary ACCA breast scarce, number reports may be fewer than 100. At present, full clinical details have not been published. As an extremely rare disorder, cannot definitively diagnosed depending on microscopic struct...

In the attempt to optimise the balance between the risk of local recurrence and the cosmetic outcomes in breast surgery, new surgical procedures, so-called oncoplastic techniques, have been introduced in recent years. The term oncoplastic surgery refers to surgery on the basis of oncological principles during which the techniques of plastic surgery are used, mostly for reconstructive and cosmet...

Previous studies have demonstrated that in women with breast cancer treated breast-conserving surgery (BCS), intraoperative frozen section analysis of lumpectomy margins results a decrease reoperation rates for margin control. However, the value evaluation (FME) re-excision was not fully understood. We conducted retrospective review patients who underwent attempted routine at our institution be...

BACKGROUND Almost half a million breast reduction surgeries are performed internationally each year, yet it is unclear how this type of surgery impacts breastfeeding. This is particularly important given the benefits of breastfeeding. OBJECTIVES To determine if breast reduction surgery impacts breastfeeding success and whether different surgical techniques differentially impact breast feeding...

OBJECTIVE To describe the breastfeeding pattern in the first month of life in women submitted to two types of surgery - breast reduction and augmentation - and to compare it with the pattern exhibited by women who had no surgery. METHODS Controlled prospective cohort with 25 women submitted to reduction surgery, 24 submitted to augmentation surgery and 25 with no breast surgery, who gave birt...

Objective: To explore the inverted T-shaped flap nursing after breast-conserving surgery combined with reverse double V-shaped mastoconstriction suspension for breast cancer, and summarizes methods experience. Method: 5 patients who underwent and formed incision were selected from same medical group in Department of Breast Cancer Sun Yat-sen University’s Center from February 1, 2019 to Ap...

Pain at 12Months After Surgery for Breast Cancer Persistent pain following breast cancer treatments remains a significant clinical problem despite improved treatment strategies.1 Data on factors associatedwithpersistent pain are needed todevelopprevention and treatment strategies and to improve thequality of life for breast cancer patients. This prospective study examined the prevalence and sev...