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...

The aim of this study is to discuss indications, advantages, disadvantages, oncologic and aesthetic results of Oncoplastic Surgery (OBS). Pubmed and Medline database were searched for articles published between 1998 and 2014 for keywords: oncoplastic breast surgery, therapeutic mammoplasty, oncoplastic breast reduction, synchrenous reconstructions. Role of OBS in breast cancer surgery, its aspe...

Hongyu Xiang, Yinhua Liu; Chinese Society of Breast Surgery (CSBrS) the Surgical Medical Association

Background: Macromastia or breast hypertrophy is a common problem in the general female population, leading to debilitating symptoms and poor quality of life. Breast reduction surgery relieves disabling with great satisfaction, even though postoperative complications regularly occur.

BACKGROUND The surgical approach to breast cancer changed dramatically in the past 20 years. The surgical objective today is to remove the tumor, ensuring negative margins and good cosmetic results, and preserving the breast when possible. Magnetic resonance imaging of the breast has become an essential imaging tool prior to surgery, diagnosing additional tumors and assessing tumor extent. Tumo...

The implementation of mammographic screening and neo-adjuvant therapeutics has profoundly modified breast cancer surgery, making it less aggressive. Despite these progresses, mastectomies must be performed in more than 20% of breast cancer cases. Psychological disorders following mastectomy are numerous and lead to various alterations of self-esteem, femininity and sexuality. Reconstructive bre...

background: the aim of this study is to evaluate the association between different treatments and survival time of breast cancer patients using either standard cox model or stratified cox model. methods: the study was conducted on 15830 women diagnosed with breast cancer in british columbia, canada.  they were divided into eight groups according to patients’ ages and stage of disease either cox...

The list of indications to adjuvant radiation therapy for breast cancer patients was extended in recent years, regardless the type reconstruction. Surgeons and radiologists have choose most appropriate sequence reconstruction reduce risk complications. Radiotherapy is one main factors causing complications undergoing reconstruction, vice versa, implant might hinder radiotherapy, preventing prop...

background : since the introduction of silicone based medical devices in to clinical practice, several reports appeared in the medical literature regarding their adverse effects. however, there are few reports of immunologic reactions to these implants. case presentation : a case of systemic reaction to a breast implant inserted for immediate breast reconstruction in a breast cancer patient is ...

Introduction: Nipple discharge is the third most common complaint of the breast diseases following the breast mass and the breast pain. The majority of the lesions causing pathological nipple discharge (PND) consist of non-palpable breast lesions (NPBLs). When non-operative diagnostic tools are inadequate to distinguish the diagnosis, the pathological duct should be removed to ...