Abstract Aims Axillary node clearance (ANC) can cause lifelong disability and conservative axillary dissection is increasingly preferred. However, direct (fast-track) ANC after preoperative biopsy still performed, which may be overtreating the patients with low burden. This study aims to identify if (fast- track) leads overtreatment of axilla. Methods Retrospective data for all breast cancer wh...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is an accurate method for axillary staging in patients with early breast cancer. The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and the feasibility of SLNB in breast cancer patients who had received preoperative (neoadjuvant) chemotherapy. METHODS Patients with advanced breast cancer stage II or III who were treated with neoadjuv...

The present study aimed to develop a micropropagation protocol for Cadaman (P. persica x P. davidiana) and Garnem dulcis) peach rootstocks. Stem nodal segments with one axillary bud used as explants. MS medium supplemented different concentrations of BA or without IBA was studied determine the best  multiplication stage,  results revealed that 2.0 mg/l BA+0.1 optimal shoot proliferation rootsto...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is one of the most commonly occurring malignancies in females in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. Axillary clearance is an integral part of the surgical treatment of breast cancer. Precise analysis of lymph node involvement for proper staging and adjuvant therapy is therefore necessary. During axillary dissection, lymph nodes at levels I, II and III are removed, while ...

The case of a 78-year-old man with Paget's disease of the breast, described herein, appears to be only the 22nd histologically proven case of this rare condition; in over 100 years less than 50 cases have been reported. Since this patient had no underlying tumour or nodal involvement the operation consisted of total mastectomy with removal of axillary nodes only, rather than the classical radic...

Nucleolar organiser regions (NORs), which are important for regulating protein synthesis, were identified in 20 breast carcinomas by means of a silver (Ag) staining technique. Infiltrating neoplasms with metastases in four or more axillary lymph nodes possessed, on average, a greater number of AgNORs per cell nucleus compared with neoplasms without nodal disease, or with one to three positive l...

BACKGROUND The new trend in diagnosis of the lymph node is sentinel node biopsy. This method has become increasingly accepted as a minimally invasive alternative to routine axillary dissection. Although the results of numerous studies have shown that sentinel node biopsy can accurately determine the axillary nodal status, the identification rates and false-negative rates have been variable. The...