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This study evaluated histological pattern of residual tumour in patients who received neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in order to determine whether this affected oncological outcomes. The study cohort...
Alison Laws MD et al | Annals of Surgical Oncology
09.07.2022 | Added: 09.07.2022
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy/ NACT Recurrence
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Kate Harvey | ABS Conference 2022
16.05.2022 | Added: 16.05.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Prepectoral implant based breast reconstruction Breast Reconstruction Patients Trials
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16.05.2022 | Added: 16.05.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Management of the older patient Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/ SLNB Axilla
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Online application for self-referral of patients
Ahsan Rao | ABS Conference 2022
16.05.2022 | Added: 16.05.2022
Classifications: Service Guidance
Keywords: Referrals
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Peter May-Miller | ABS Conference 2022
16.05.2022 | Added: 16.05.2022
Classifications: Screening & Diagnosis
Keywords: Symptomatic
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VTE prophylaxis in breast surgery: Clinical audit of over 5000 patients evaluating a local protocol
Ryo Yoshimura | ABS Conference 2022
16.05.2022 | Added: 16.05.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: VTE
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The Pre-bra study has recently been published by Kate Harvey et al in the BJS. Consecutive patients electing to undergo immediate PPBR at participating UK centres between July 2019 and December 2020 w...
Kate L Harvey et al | National Library of Medicine
16.05.2022 | Added: 16.05.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Prepectoral implant based breast reconstruction Trials
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Simplified Lymphatic Microsurgical Preventing Healing Approach (SLYMPHA) is a surgical procedure which aims to decrease lymphoedema rates in patients receiving axillary lymph node dissection (ALND). T...
Tolga Ozmen et al | European Journal of Surgical Oncology
30.04.2022 | Added: 30.04.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Axilla Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/ SLNB Lymphoedema
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Thiruchelvam et al have recently reported on their study, PRADA, to explore the feasibility of preoperative radiotherapy followed by skin-sparing mastectomy and deep inferior epigastric perforator (DI...
Paul T R Thiruchelvam et al | The Lancet Oncology
07.04.2022 | Added: 07.04.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Flaps Radiotherapy Breast Reconstruction
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This national practice questionnaire (NPQ) was designed to establish the current practice of UK breast multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) regarding breast cancer locoregional recurrence (LRR) management. ...
Jenna L Morgan | National Library of Medicine
04.04.2022 | Added: 04.04.2022
Classifications: Breast Cancer Treatment
Keywords: Local recurrence Trials
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This IDEAL stage 2a/2b platform cohort study examined the effectiveness localisation and removal of the index lesion using wires vs. magnetic seeds. From 35 units, 2300 patients were recruited (Aug 20...
Rajiv V Dave et al | National Library of Medicine
24.02.2022 | Added: 24.02.2022
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Localisation
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This cohort study aimed to determine the outcomes of women who had no surgery for screen-detected DCIS. English breast screening databases were utilised to identify patients diagnosed with DCIS withou...
Anthony J Maxwell et al | National Library of Medicine
04.01.2022 | Added: 04.01.2022
Classifications: Breast Cancer Treatment
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ABS Summary Statement: Writing Letters to Patients
Following the Paterson inquiry in 2021, the Department of Health recommended that clinicians write directly to patients after clinic visits. This document offers the rationale behind this decision and...
Association of Breast Surgery, UK | United Kingdom
01.01.2022 | Added: 01.04.2022
Classifications: Service Guidance
Keywords: Communication with patients
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Significant concerns have been raised about the impact of COVID-19 on the delivery of NHS cancer service. This report compares breast cancer service referral and treatment activity in 2020 and 2021, c...
Toral Gathani et al | British Journal of Surgery
14.12.2021 | Added: 14.12.2021
Classifications: Screening & Diagnosis
Keywords: COVID-19
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This pooled analysis of 2310 patients from four neoadjuvant clinical trials examined survival and treatment response in patients with HER2-low-positive (immunohistochemistry 1+ or 2+/in-situ hybridisa...
Prof Carsten Denkert et al | The Lancet Oncology
09.07.2021 | Added: 09.07.2021
Classifications: Breast Cancer Treatment
Keywords: HER2 Positive
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This prospective multicentre trial investigated the accuracy of ultrasound-guided biopsies identifying breast pathologically complete response (pCR) after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) in patient...
Ariane A van Loevezijn et al | National Library of Medicine
28.06.2021 | Added: 28.06.2021
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Systemic therapy Trials
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This study aimed to identify characteristics that are associated with negative pathological node (ypN0) in patients with clinically node-negative (cN0) breast cancer treated with NACT. This cohort stu...
M E M van der Noordaa et al | British Journal of Surgery
06.06.2021 | Added: 06.06.2021
Classifications: Breast & Oncoplastic Surgery
Keywords: Axilla Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy/ SLNB Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy/ NACT
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Adjuvant Olaparib for Patients with BRCA1- or BRCA2-Mutated Breast Cancer
Andrew N.J Tutt et al | The New England Journal of Medicine
03.06.2021 | Added: 03.06.2021
Classifications: Adjuvant & Neoadjuvant Treatment
Keywords: Adjuvant treatment BRCA
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