...Yixuan Zhang; Lin Han; Rui Yang; Chunchang Zhang; Sasa Duan; Pan Li; Jie Hou Background: Acupuncture therapy shows promise in managing aromatase inhibitor-induced arthralgia (AIA) among breast cancer patients. An umbrella review synthesizes findings from systematic reviews and meta-analyses (SRs...

...Michael Bolliger; Luca Gambone; Theresa Haeusler; Fanny Mikula; Stephanie Kampf; Florian Fitzal Background: Oncoplastic surgery has become an important part of the surgical repertoire to offer both oncologically safe and aesthetically pleasing results in patients with breast cancer. Data comparing...

... for postmenopausal women with breast cancer (BC). Although central sensitization (CS) may contribute to AIMSS, the relevance of CS-related symptoms to AIMSS has not been fully clarified. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between AIMSS and CS-related symptoms in women with BC who received AI therapy...

...Min Yao; Puchao Peng; Xiufang Ding; Qinfang Sun; Lijie Chen Background: Breast cancer is among the most prevalent malignancies in women worldwide, with substantial morbidity and mortality. Upper limb lymphedema (ULL) is a common complication after breast cancer surgery that affects patients’ daily...

... cancer patients. This study aimed to determine the role of cortical thickness in axillary ultrasound (AUS) as an indicator of lymph node metastasis. Methods: 766 patients with primary breast cancer who received AUS during clinical work-up were selected for this retrospective study. Lymph nodes were...

... to in the content or advertisements. 2024 Breast cancer Sentinel lymph node biopsy Chemotherapy Fluorescein sodium Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) using radio-pharmaceutical/radio-colloid and a blue dye is recommended for early breast cancer patients who have clinically node negative (cN0...

...Olalekan Olasehinde; Michael Oluwatobiloba Fagbayimu; Adewale Aderounmu; Tolulope Komolafe; Muftiat Ameen; Olusegun Alatise; Adewale Adisa Introduction: In Nigeria, mastectomy is the most common surgical treatment for breast cancer. Patients are often kept on admission for days until wound drains...

...Gail Wan Ying Chua; Lucia Li Background: Surgical removal of the tumour is the gold standard treatment for early stage invasive breast cancer. However, with a global ageing population, a larger number of diagnoses are occurring in women with comorbidities that render them unsuitable for surgery...

...Jussane Oliveira Vieira; João Bosco Pesquero; Afonso Celso Pinto Nazário Introduction: Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer in women worldwide, and neoadjuvant chemotherapy is a favored method for achieving pathologic complete response (pCR). The TP53 gene is involved in inducing the response...

...Michael Patrick Lux; Christof Minartz; Harald Müller-Huesmann; Marianar Felicia Sandor; Sabine Radeck-Knorre; Aljoscha Steffen Neubauer Background: Gene expression tests can inform decisions on whether to recommend or omit chemotherapy for patients with early HR+, HER2− breast cancer. The benefit...

...Christian Jackisch; Athanasios Argyriadis Background: At the end of the 19th century, Sir George Thomas Beatson first discovered the positive influence of a bilateral oophorectomy on the development of breast cancer lesions in women with advanced disease. Since then, endocrine therapy has been...

...Israel Barco; Marc García-Font; Antonio García-Fdez; Manel Fraile; Elena Vallejo; MCarmen Vidal; Sonia González; Clarisa González; Claudia Beatriz Mitru; Oriol Porta; Carolina Chabrera Sanz Introduction: As applied to early breast cancer (BC) patients, sentinel node biopsy (SNB) has undergone major...

... study has been conducted in male breast cancer (MBC) patients. The aim of this study was to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of different exercise intensities on CRF and self-reported questionnaire items in MBC patients. Methods: Twenty-two MBC patients (60 ± 9 years) participated...

...Maggie Banys-Paluchowski; Steffi Hartmann; Nina Ditsch; Natalia Krawczyk; Thorsten Kühn; Jana de Boniface; Joanna Banys-Kotomska; Achim Rody; David Krug Background: The past 3 decades have seen an unprecedented shift toward treatment de-escalation in surgical therapy of breast cancer. Summary...

... with tumor growth and dissemination. We aimed to bring the combination of FAR and LMR (FAR-LMR) together to establish novel nomograms for survival and recurrence in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients. Methods: We retrospectively recruited 461 female patients with nonmetastatic breast cancer from January...

...Bezawit Ketema; Mirgissa Kaba; Sarah Negash; Adamu Addissie; Eva Johanna Kantelhardt Background: Breast cancer is a global public health problem with higher mortality in developing countries. The Ethiopian National Cancer Control Plan recommends clinical breast examination (CBE) for all women aged...

... experiences of other patients has made social media a place where many patients turn to. Methods: In this qualitative report, 2 patients who have had breast cancer describe the reasons why they use social media, what they perceive the advantages and disadvantages are, and what the impact of social media has...

...Marie Vogel; Sebastian Franik; Ludwig Kiesel Introduction: In breast cancer patients, menopausal symptoms are often reached earlier and in a more severe manner than in healthy women. They can dramatically reduce a patient’s quality of life. Treatment for breast cancer patients remains difficult due...

...Iliana Aristokleous; Andreas Karakatsanis; Yazan A Masannat; Stavroula Lila Kastora Background: Female breast cancer (BC) is the most diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of malignancy-related death worldwide. With the widespread utilisation of the Internet, social media has presented...

... will hopefully initiate a new surgical era: that of the use of the so-called surgical metaverse. Methods: This paper focuses on the future use of AR in breast surgery education describing two potential applications (surgical remote telementoring and impalpable breast cancer localization using AR), along...