Accuracy and feasibility of SentiMag technique for localization of non-palpable breast lesions.

Background: Non-palpable breast lesions are more frequent now than in the past due to the attention toward the mammary pathology and the screening diffusion; the marking of such lesions is very important for a successful surgery. The SentiMag System uses a magnetic marker that is inoculated transdermal in the breast through an 18-gauge needle.

Methods: Between April 1 and June 30, 2018, 16 patients with non-palpable breast lesions were selected and subjected to surgery using the SentiMag System in our Unit.

[Bilateral phylloid cystosarcoma of the breast: a case report and review of the literature].

Phylloides tumours are unusual neoplasms, accounting for less than 0.5% of breast tumours and approximately 2.5% of fibro-epithelial tumours.

Preliminary study on radioguided sentinel node identification in colon cancer.

The purpose of this study was to prove the prognostic value of the sentinel node (SN) in colon tumors, and to validate radioguided surgery in identifying the SN. Nodal metastases are a strong prognostic factor in patients operated on for colon or rectal cancer, decreasing the 5-year survival rate by approximately 20 per cent and dropping it to 30 per cent. Unfortunately, of 50 per cent of patients judged to be nodal disease-free at surgery, about 20 to 30 per cent will die from a local tumor relapse or distant metastases within 5 years of diagnosis.