BACKGROUND Depression is prevalent among women and associated with reduced quality of life, and therefore it is important to determine its incidence in adult women, especially in those with breast cancer. OBJECTIVE To determine the occurrence of depression in women who underwent conservative surgery for breast cancer with or without breast reconstruction. METHODS Seventy-five women aged bet...

breast conservation surgery combined with radiation therapy is now an accepted option for the treatment of early breast cancer. so we decided to evaluate the results of such treatment in our first group of patients treated by this method. from 1992 to 1996 , one hundred patients with stage i and ii breast cancer treated with breast conservative surgery (lumpectomy or quadrantectomy). were irrad...

Wide local excision followed by radiotherapy was offered as an alternative to mastectomy to 93 women on 96 occasions. Complications attributable to the surgery occurred in 4 per cent whilst 37.5 per cent developed complications secondary to the radiotherapy. The complications were generally of a mild nature. Nine patients (9.3%) have developed regional recurrence and seventeen (17.7%) distant m...

Brachytherapy may play a role as boost irradiation to the tumour bed after external beam irradiation of the whole breast or may be used in selected cases as a sole radiation modality after conservative surgery. For tumours not amenable to primary conservative surgery, treated with initial systemic treatment and / or external beam irradiation, a conservative approach including brachytherapy boos...

Over the past 50 years, a variety of surgical procedures have been advocated for the treatment of operable breast cancer, ranging from local excision to supraradical mastectomy. Today, the surgical treatment of breast cancer remains highly contentious. We review the historical development of breast cancer surgery and analyse the available evidence supporting conservative procedures. We also exp...

background: recent studies have showed conservative management in selective patients with borderline and malignant ovarian tumors is safe; therefore this management is considered in patients with ovarian tumor who desire to preserve fertility. objective: this study has been performed to evaluate the clinical outcome and fertility in patients with ovarian tumors who were treated conservatively. ...