Neoadjuvant T-DM1 for HER2-positive breast cancer used as a bridging strategy during COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned-a case series.

Background: Coronavirus disease 19 (COVID-19) has played a pivotal role in changing medical care around the world. During the pandemic, the operating rooms (ORs) were closed to elective surgery. Since breast cancer surgery is not regarded as an emergent procedure, there was an adoption of treatment regimen modification due to delays in treatment.

Predictors of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients with a cryptogenic stroke: Selecting patients for long-term rhythm monitoring.

Background: After a cryptogenic stroke, patients often will require prolonged cardiac monitoring; however, the subset of patients who would benefit from long-term rhythm monitoring is not clearly defined.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to create a risk score by identifying significant predictors of atrial fibrillation (AF) using age, sex, comorbidities, baseline 12-lead electrocardiogram, short-term rhythm monitoring, and echocardiographic data and to compare it to previously published risk scores.

Methods: Patients admitted to Montefiore Medical Center between May 2017 and June 2022 with a primary diagnosis of cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack who underwent long-term rhythm monitoring with an implantable cardiac monitor were retrospectively analyzed.

Oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery (OBCS) mastectomy with reconstruction: a comparison of outcomes in an underserved population.

Background: Oncoplastic breast-conserving surgery (OBCS) has demonstrated superior cosmetic outcomes to traditional breast-conserving surgery (BCS) while maintaining oncologic safety. While prior studies have compared OBCS to mastectomy, there is a scarcity of literature on the impact of social determinants of health on outcomes. Furthermore, although traditionally tumors larger than 5 cm and multifocal disease were treated with mastectomy, the literature has now shown OBCS to be safe in treating such disease.