EUSOMA (European Society of Mastology) is the organisation representing Breast Cancer Specialists in all disciplines, covering all aspects of breast cancer from risk and prevention, through diagnosis and treatment of the primary tumour, follow-up, treatment of recurrent and advanced disease, pathology, reconstruction, psychology and audit. EUSOMA Guidelines have been published on several aspect...

background: we studied the patterns of premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer incidence and its established risk factors in iran in 2010. in addition, we estimated the 5-year prevalence of breast cancer in the country. methods: we performed an internet and library literature review. we used national cancer registry data, demographic health surveys, national censuses and world bank data ...

Sessions covered metastatic breast cancer, cachexia in non-small-cell lung cancer, recurrent and/or metastatic head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma, and melanoma.

Gastrointestinal (GI) tract metastasis of primary breast cancer is very rare. We present a patient with small bowel obstruction from distant metastasis of primary breast cancer. Each characteristic features of concern of GI tract distant metastasis from many pervious studies has been reported differently. We should remember that GI tract metastasis may coexist when patients with breast cancer h...

Locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up F. Cardoso, L. Fallowfield, A. Costa, M. Castiglione & E. Senkus On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* European School of Oncology, Milan, Italy; Breast Cancer Unit, Champalimaud Cancer Center, Lisbon, Portugal; Brighton & Sussex Medical School, University of Sussex,...

breast cancer is the most common cancer occurring among women. the mortality rate of breast cancer can be reduced by regular breast cancer screening program. this study was carried out to identify the knowledge and practice of women about breast cancer screening in zahedan, southeast of iran. in this cross- sectional study, 384 women were selected as an improbability sample of women referring t...

background: breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women. breast cancer type 1 susceptibility gene (brca1) is a tumor suppressor gene, involved in dna damage repair and in 81% of the breast-ovarian cancer families were due to brca1. in some clinically investigated genes, the intragenic marker polymorphism is important and the screening of such mutations is faster by using short tandem r...

Lymph node status is the most important clinicopathological prognostic factor for breast cancer patients and in most breast units it reflects only the axillary lymph nodes. A second often overlooked basin consists of the internal mammary lymph nodes (IMLNs) whose evaluation is not done as a routine step during the staging process. We highlight the need to consider incorporation of IMLNs into a ...