Postoperative Outcomes following a Multidisciplinary Approach to HIV-positive Breast Cancer Patients by Adaah A. Sayyed, BS, Stephanie Shin, MS, Areeg A. Abu El Hawa, MD, Olutayo Sogunro, DO, Gabriel A. Del Corral, MD, Marc E. Boisvert, MD, MBA, David H. Song, MD, MBA

“…Surgical interventions included lumpectomy (n = 16, 66.7%), simple mastectomy (n = 3, 12.5%), and skin-sparing mastectomy (n = 5. 20.8%). …”
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Outcomes of reconstructive techniques in breast cancer using BCCT. core software by Sevgi Kurt, Ahmet Serkan İlgün, Enver Özkurt, Gürsel Soybir, Gül Alço, Çağlar Ünal, Filiz Elbüken Çelebi, Tomris Duymaz, Tuğba Kayan Tapan, Naziye Ak, Çetin Ordu, Vahit Özmen

“…Patients were divided into three groups: 1-those who had undergone breast-conserving surgery (245 patients, 71.3%), 2-those who had undergone mini-LDF after lumpectomy (38 patients, 11.02%), and 3- those who underwent reconstruction with implants after nipple-sparing mastectomy (61 patients, 17.68%). …”
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Rapid histopathological imaging of skin and breast cancer surgical specimens using immersion microscopy with ultraviolet surface excitation by Quintana, Liza M., Vardeh, Hilde, Faulkner-Jones, Beverly E., Connolly, James L., Do, Daihung, Yoshitake, Tadayuki, Giacomelli, Michael, Cahill, Lucas Christopher, Fujimoto, James G

“…Histologic features of specimens using MUSE, nonlinear microscopy (NLM) and conventional hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) histology were evaluated by pathologists to assess potential application in Mohs surgery for skin cancer and lumpectomy for breast cancer. MUSE images of basal cell carcinoma showed high correspondence with frozen section H & E histology, suggesting that MUSE may be applicable to Mohs surgery. …”
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Initial Clinical Experience Treating Patients with Breast Cancer on a 6-MV Flattening-Filter-Free O-Ring Linear Accelerator by Andrew R. Barsky, MD, Fionnbarr O'Grady, PhD, Christopher Kennedy, PhD, Neil K. Taunk, MD, MS, Lei Dong, PhD, James M. Metz, MD, Taoran Li, PhD, Gary M. Freedman, MD

“…All patients underwent lumpectomy (92%) or mastectomy (8%). Tumors were left sided in 44% and bilateral in 9%, and 9% included comprehensive nodal radiation therapy. …”
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Interactive multidisciplinary pilot workshop to improve medical student perception of and interest in breast surgical oncology by Amani Raheel, Shreeya Dalla, Jalee Birney, Allison M. Aripoli, Meredith Collins, Kelsey E. Larson, Jamie L. Wagner, Christa R. Balanoff, Jordan Baker, Lynn Chollet-Hinton, Lyndsey J. Kilgore

“…BR presented students screening and diagnostic breast imaging followed by hands-on ultrasound-guided biopsy on phantom simulators. BSO demonstrated lumpectomy, mastectomy, sentinel lymph node biopsy, and axillary lymph node dissections while B-PRS demonstrated oncoplastic techniques and autologous flap reconstruction with cadavers. …”
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MRI Features of Synchronous Masses in Known Breast Cancer Patients in Predicting Benign Versus Malignant Lesions: A Case Based Review at Tertiary Care Cancer Hospital by Sara Rehman, Bushra Rehman, Anis ur Rehman, Islah Ud Din, Aamer Iftikhar, Ainy Javaid, Muhammad Asad Parvaiz

“…Based on these findings, modified radical mastectomy (MRM)/mastectomy was done for 42 patients, 5 patients underwent lumpectomy limited to a single tumor, extended resection done for 14 patients, 5 underwent bilateral breast conservation surgery (BCS), BCS for contralateral breast done for 4 patients undergoing ipsilateral MRM/mastectomy, and bilateral MRM/mastectomies were performed for 2 patients. …”
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A comparative study in left-sided breast cancer treated with moderate deep inspiratory breath hold versus free breathing by Anupam Muraleedharan, Sandip Kumar Barik, Deepak Kumar Das, Saroj Kumar Das Majumdar, Bikash Ranjan Mahapatra, Bijay Kumar Barik, Mathan Kumar Ramasubbu, Nehla Haroon K. M., Poornima Devi U., Sk Soel Ahmed, Priyanka Mukherjee, Ashutosh Pattanaik, Avinash Badajena, Minakshi Mishra, Satyabrata Kanungo, Sovan Sarang Dhar, Dillip Kumar Parida

“…All patients received a dose of 50 Gy in 25 fractions to the chest wall/intact breast, followed by a 10-Gy boost to the lumpectomy cavity in the case of breast conservation surgery. …”
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Stereotactic Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation (SAPBI) for Early Stage Breast Cancer: Rationale, Feasibility and Early Experience using the CyberKnife Radiosurgery Delivery Pl... by Olusola eOBAYOMI-DAVIES, Thomas P Kole, Bridget eOppong, Sonali eRudra, Erini eMakariou, Lloyd D Campbell, Hozaifa M Anjum, Sean P. Collins, Keith eUnger, Shawna C Willey, Eleni A Tousimis, Brian Timothy Collins

“…Four gold fiducials were implanted around the lumpectomy cavity prior to treatment under ultrasound guidance. …”
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10-Year oncological outcome report after second conservative treatment for ipsilateral breast tumor event by Jean-Michel Hannoun-Levi, Jocelyn Gal, Renaud Schiappa, Marie-Eve Chand

“…Materials/methods: In this retrospective observational study (N°F20210402152843), patients with 2ndIBTE underwent 2ndCT (lumpectomy + tumor bed re-irradiation). 3rdIBTE (3rdIBTE-FS), regional relapse- (RRFS) and metastatic disease- (MD-FS) free survivals as well as disease-free (DFS), specific (SS) and overall (OS) survival were analyzed. …”
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Pushing the boundaries. Concurrent Hodgkin lymphoma and breast cancer treatment with preservation of pregnancy: A case report by LeJeune Charlotte, Dierickx Daan, Wildiers Hans, Lannoo Lore, Van Calsteren Kristel, Vandecaveye Vincent, Menten Björn, Vermeesch Joris, Amant Frédéric

“…Motivated modifications of breast cancer treatment (mastectomy instead of lumpectomy, AVBD instead of epirubicin-cyclophosphamide chemotherapy), allowed treatment of both cancers during pregnancy. …”
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Retrospective Analysis of Efficacy and Toxicity of Hypo-fractionated Radiotherapy in Breast Carcinoma by Ritusha Mishra, Rohini Khurana, Himanshu Mishra, Madhup Rastogi, Rahat Hadi

“…Introduction: The conventional dose fractionation of adjuvant radiotherapy (RT) to whole breast is 45–50 Gy in 25 fractions as 1.8–2.0-Gy per fraction. Lumpectomy cavity with a 1.5–2-cm margin receieves additional 10- 16 Gy doseas boost. …”
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Male breast cancer: diagnosis stages, treatment and survival in a country with limited resources (Burkina Faso) by Nayi Zongo, Smaïla Ouédraogo, Nina Korsaga-Somé, Ollo Roland Somé, Naïma GO, Edgar Ouangré, Maurice Zida, Gilbert Bonkoungou, Aimé Sosthène Ouédraogo, Aboubacar Hirrum Bambara, Bambara Augustin Tozoula, Si Simon Traoré, Ahmadou Dem, Pascal Niamba, Adama Traoré, Adama Sanou, Danielé Grazziotin Soares, Jean-Pierre Lotz

“…The surgery included axillary dissection in 25 (80.6%) out of 31 cases. Lumpectomy was performed on 6.5% of patients (2 cases). …”
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A Prognostic Model Based on Nutritional Risk Index in Operative Breast Cancer by Fei Lin, Wen Xia, Miao Chen, Tongchao Jiang, Jia Guo, Yi Ouyang, Haohui Sun, Xiaoyu Chen, Wuguo Deng, Ling Guo, Huanxin Lin

“…Methods: We retrospectively enrolled 1347 breast cancer patients who underwent mastectomy or lumpectomy between January 2011 and November 2012. Using a cutoff value of 110.59, patients were divided into a high-NRI group and a low-NRI group. …”
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Exploring Surgeons’, Nurses’, and Patients’ Information Seeking Behavior on Medical Innovations by Stephen Whyte, PhD, Laura Bray, PhD, Ho Fai Chan, PhD, Raymond J. Chan, PhD, Jeremy Hunt, MBBS, FRACS, Tim S. Peltz, PhD, MBBS, Uwe Dulleck, PhD, Dietmar W. Hutmacher, PhD

“…Women who underwent a type of mastectomy procedure (compared with lumpectomy patients) were more likely to choose a former patient than a surgeon for seeking information relating to a new breast implant technology. …”
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Efficacy of PECS block in addition to multimodal analgesia for postoperative pain management in patients undergoing outpatient elective breast surgery: A retrospective study by Alberto A. Uribe, Tristan E. Weaver, Marco Echeverria-Villalobos, Luis Periel, Joshua Pasek, Juan Fiorda-Diaz, Marilly Palettas, Roman J. Skoracki, Stephen J. Poteet, Jarrett A. Heard

“…Breast reduction and mastectomy/lumpectomy surgeries were the most commonly performed procedures (48% and 28%, respectively). …”
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Can Pre-biopsy Second-Look Breast Ultrasound Affect Clinical Management? Experience From a Single Tertiary Hospital by Li Ma, Jing Qin, Lingyan Kong, Jialin Zhao, Mengsu Xiao, Hongyan Wang, Jing Zhang, Yuxin Jiang, Jianchu Li, He Liu, Qingli Zhu

“…Interpretation changes in terms of biopsy recommendation and surgical management (i.e., lumpectomy to mastectomy) were analyzed.ResultsA total of 537 patients were enrolled in this study. …”
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Differences in Time Burden across Local Therapy Strategies for Early-stage Breast Cancer by Cameron W. Swanick, MD, Jing Jiang, PhD, J. Alberto Maldonado, BA, Xiudong Lei, PhD, Ya-Chen Tina Shih, PhD, Abigail S. Caudle, MD, MS, Donald P. Baumann, MD, Sharon H. Giordano, MD, MPH, Simona F. Shaitelman, MD, EdM, Shervin M. Shirvani, MD, MPH, Benjamin D. Smith, MD

“…We compared the time burden for three common local therapies for breast cancer: (1) lumpectomy plus whole-breast irradiation (Lump+WBI), (2) mastectomy without radiation or reconstruction (Mast alone), and (3) mastectomy without radiation but with reconstruction (Mast+Recon). …”
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Assessing the Impact of CALGB 9343 on Surgical Trends in Elderly-Women With Stage I ER+ Breast Cancer: A SEER-Based Analysis by Jose G. Bazan, James L. Fisher, Ko Un Park, Elizabeth A. Marcus, Marisa A. Bittoni, Julia R. White

“…Purpose: Lumpectomy (L) and breast radiotherapy (RT) results in equivalent outcomes in comparison to mastectomy (M) for early-stage breast cancer (BC) based on randomized controlled trials (RCT). …”
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Outcomes in Hybrid Breast Reconstruction: A Systematic Review by Mario Alessandri Bonetti, Riccardo Carbonaro, Francesco Borelli, Francesco Amendola, Giuseppe Cottone, Luca Mazzocconi, Alessandro Mastroiacovo, Nicola Zingaretti, Pier Camillo Parodi, Luca Vaienti

“…We included a total of 753 breast reconstructions in 585 patients undergoing mastectomy or demolitive breast surgeries other than mastectomy (quadrantectomy, segmentectomy, or lumpectomy) due to breast cancer or genetic predisposition to breast cancer. …”
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Dysregulation of metabolic‐associated pathways in muscle of breast cancer patients: preclinical evaluation of interleukin‐15 targeting fatigue by Joseph Bohlen, Sarah L. McLaughlin, Hannah Hazard‐Jenkins, Aniello M. Infante, Cortney Montgomery, Mary Davis, Emidio E. Pistilli

“…Methods Early stage non‐metastatic female breast cancer patients (n = 14) and female non‐cancer patients (n = 6) provided a muscle biopsy of the pectoralis major muscle during mastectomy, lumpectomy, or breast reconstruction surgeries. The breast cancer patients were diagnosed with either luminal (ER+/PR+, n = 6), triple positive (ER+/PR+/Her2/neu+, n = 5), or triple negative (ER−/PR−/Her2/neu−, n = 3) breast tumours and were being treated with curative intent either with neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery or surgery followed by standard post‐operative therapy. …”
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