Breast cancer after breast augmentation is not rare, but cases of bilateral breast cancer after augmentation are not often reported. A 43-year-old woman attended our hospital because of a mass in her left breast. She had undergone breast augmentation by implants 4 years before at a cosmetic surgery clinic. There were operative scars in her bilateral axilla. A detailed examination revealed bilat...

BCT: Breast Conserving Therapy; BCS: Breast Conserving Surgery; WBI: Whole Breast Irradiation; APBI: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation; START: Standardization of Breast Radiotherapy; ASBS: The American Society of Breast Surgeons; 3D-CRT: 3-Dimensional Conformal Radiotherapy; IMRT: Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy; RTOG: Radiation Therapy Oncology Group; RAPID: Randomized Trial Of Acce...

BACKGROUND Axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) is an integral part of breast cancer treatment. It is required in about 40-50% of patients. The placement of a drain in the axilla after an operation is current surgical practice. Short surgical stay programmes increase operating efficiency and reduce medical care costs, without compromising quality of care. LigaSure(™) is a new haemostatic devic...

PURPOSE To assess prospectively the accuracy of diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DWI) in differentiating between metastatic and benign axillary lymph nodes in patients with breast cancer. MATERIALS AND METHODS In all, 215 patients with histologically proven breast cancer, prior to axillary dissection, underwent breast and axillary 1.5 T MRI. In 102 patients in whom at least one ...

Results: The overall incidence of all post-operative complications per breast was 23.8%. Breasts in which a complication occurred had a mean of 6 nodes removed versus 4 nodes in uncomplicated breasts (p=0.018). More complications were noted in patients who underwent axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) compared to sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB; p=0.008). Expander removal and seroma occurred...

Nodal staging in breast cancer is a key predictor of prognosis. This paper presents the results of potential clinicopathological predictors of axillary lymph node involvement and develops an efficient prediction model to assist in predicting axillary lymph node metastases. Seventy patients with primary early breast cancer who underwent axillary dissection were evaluated. Univariate and multivar...