Primary breast cancer: The effect of primary ovarian irradiation

PRIMARY MALIGNANT LYMPHOMA OF THE BREAST

A case of primary malignant non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the breast is reported. This is the first well-documented case of breast lymphoma in our institution and also in Iran. The diagnosis of primary breast lymphoma requires the presence of lymphomatous infiltration in close ass, tissue in patients with neither previous lymphoma nor concurrent lymphoma in another site. There is no definite cl...

Primary Tuberculosis of Breast: Case Report

Although breast tuberculosis still remains rare, but in endemic countries should be in differential diagnosis of breast cancer and abscess. Imaging modalities cannot distinguish between cancer and tuberculosis. Acid fast bacilli stain; culture and PCR are helpful diagnostic methods but unfortunately are not very sensitive. Negative results do not rule out this diagnosis, so it seems definite di...

Management of primary breast cancer.

This paper describes research evidence on the management of primary breast cancer, defined as tumours of less than 5 cm diameter with no evidence of distant spread or metastases. It is based on Effective Health Care, Vol 2, No 6, which summarises analyses carried out for cancer guidance published by the United Kingdom Department of Health.' 2The aim of the guidance was to identify characteristi...

Management Of Primary Breast Cancer

Primary systemic therapy and whole breast irradiation for locally advanced breast cancer: a systematic review.

The current management of locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) is based on tri-modality treatment including chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery. The concept of preoperative concurrent or sequential chemoradiation for LABC was initially reported more than a decade ago; however this concept did not gain popularity because of the low benefit/risk ratio and the lack of strong data supporting th...