Examination of the use of Exeme ...
Background Endocrine therapy is the preferred systemic treatment for metastatic breast cancer to prolong disease control. Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) ...
Parity and breastfeeding are pr ...
Background Breast cancer (BC) is the most prevalent cancer in Iranian women and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death in Iran. Among p ...
Sentinel lymph node biopsy usin ...
Background Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is a standard surgical procedure for patients with early breast cancer. The combination of radioisotope ...
Detection of circulating tumor ...
Background Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) are detected in peripheral blood of breast cancer patients, and they may play an important role as a progn ...
Mixed epithelial/mesenchymal me ...
This case report describes a 35-year-old woman who was diagnosed with mixed epithelial/mesenchymal metaplastic carcinoma (carcinosarcoma) of the bre ...
Biweekly gemcitabine–paclitaxel ...
Background The primary objective of this multicenter, open-label, randomized, parallel, phase II selection trial was to compare the objective tumor ...
Refractory lung metastasis from ...
suggestive case of metastatic disease from breast cancer is reported. The HER-2-positive tumor was refractory to several agents, including anti-HER- ...
A false positive for metastatic ...
Recent advanced imaging modalities such as positron emission tomography (PET) detect malignancies using 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18-FDG) wi ...
Radiographic features for tripl ...
characterized as having a high malignancy potential and a poor prognosis. An understanding of the radiological features of TN DCIS will enable the ...
Primary non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma ...
Extranodal non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL) is a rare breast disease. Here we report three cases of primary NHL of the breast. The first patient was a 2 ...
Preoperative and intraoperative ...
treatment for early breast cancer. Current practice mandates reoperation for positive margins. Presently most patients are brought to the operating ...
A patient presenting nasal sept ...
Nasal septum perforation is a rare but described complication of the anti-angiogenetic agent bevacizumab. This is the case of a 48-year-old female b ...
Parenchymal leiomyoma of the br ...
Parenchymal leiomyomas of the breast are extremely rare, with only 25 cases reported in the literature. We report the 26th case of parenchymal leiom ...
Effects of physical activity on ...
Motivating women with breast cancer to engage in regular physical activity may be an enormous challenge given the common side effects of breast canc ...
Future treatment strategies for ...
Current Japanese and American guidelines for the surveillance of patients diagnosed with early stage breast cancer recommend regular follow-up inclu ...
Serum appearance of anti-p53 an ...
Background Significance of serum appearance of anti-p53 antibody in breast cancer has not been discussed fully. Methods The relationship between ser ...
Estimation of anxiety and depre ...
Background Most previous studies about anxiety and depression in patients undergoing radiotherapy have only measured the quantity of general depress ...
Primary pure signet cell carcin ...
Signet ring cell carcinoma (SRCC) of the breast is a rare tumor that is classified into mucinous carcinoma and other tumors with abundant mucin as a ...
Malignant transformation of bre ...
Background Malignant phyllodes tumor of the breast is a rare neoplasm for which clinical findings remain insufficient for determination of optimal m ...
Squamous cell carcinoma of the ...
Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the breast is comparatively rare. Because of the small number of investigations based on sufficient population size ...
Among triple-negative breast ca ...
Background Diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer (ER-negative, PgR-negative, HER2-negative; TNBC) is performed by means of immunohistological s ...
Successful perioperative manage ...
We herein report the first case of a Bernard– Soulier syndrome (BSS) patient undergoing a surgical procedure for breast cancer. BSS is a rare heredi ...
Phyllodes tumor showing intradu ...
Phyllodes tumor of the breast is a rare fibroepithelial lesion and particularly uncommon in adolescent girls. It is thought to arise from the peridu ...
Axillary and intramammary lymph ...
We describe a rare case of intramammary and axillary lymphadenopathy caused by Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD). A 30-year-old woman presented with e ...
A case of a fibroadenoma coexis ...
A case of a fibroadenoma coexisting with an invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast in a 60-year-old female is presented, and its pathological feat ...