Extremely Advanced Breast Cancer Presentation: Possible Effect of Coronavirus Pandemic Anxiety.

Background/aim: Corona virus infection dramatically spread worldwide during 2020 and extraordinary restrictions have been implemented in order to reduce viral transmission. These measures compelled a complete restructuring of the health system, including temporary cancer screening suspension and a significant slow-down in cancer diagnoses and treatments.

Case Report: We report five cases of extremely advanced breast cancer referred to our Department amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Breast Trauma and Triple-Negative Hemorrhagic Cystic Carcinoma: Management and Treatment.

BACKGROUND Breast trauma can always have diagnostic pitfalls. In the presence of a recurrent hemorrhagic cysts, cancer should always be suspected. CASE REPORT A 59-year-old woman noted a palpable mass after breast trauma from falling at home.

Breast cancer patients with hormone neoadjuvant bridging therapy due to asymptomatic Corona virus infection. Case report, clinical and histopathologic findings.

Introduction: Breast cancer management during COVID-19 pandemic has changed and in case of COVID-19 patients with simultaneous neoplasia, it has been strongly recommended to treat Sars-CoV-2 infection firstly.

Presentation Of Case: We reported a case of a 53-years-old women with early breast cancer and simultaneous asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2 infection. According to COVID-19 breast cancer recommendations she underwent hormone neoadjuvant treatment as a bridging therapy for surgery.

Ulcerated breast cancer with single brain metastasis: A combined surgical approach. Clinical presentation at one year follow up - A case report.

Introduction: Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in woman. Approximately 5-10% of breast cancer occurs as de novo stage IV and some studies have shown that from 10% to 30% of those patients presents Brain Metastasis.

Presentation Of Case: In this study, we report a case of solitary brain metastasis of breast cancer in a 63-year-old Italian Caucasian woman with neurological symptoms as first clinical presentation.

The Effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Breast Cancer Teamwork: A Multicentric Survey.

Background/aim: Despite the large amount of clinical data available of Coronavirus-19 (COVID-19), not many studies have been conducted about the psychological toll on Health Care Workers (HCWs).

Patients And Methods: In this multicentric descriptive study, surveys were distributed among 4 different Breast Cancer Centers (BCC). BCCs were distinguished according to COVID-19 tertiary care hospital (COVID/No-COVID) and district prevalence (DP) (High vs.

Impact of Awake Breast Cancer Surgery on Postoperative Lymphocyte Responses.

Background: Surgical stress and anesthesia affect the patient's immune system. Analysis of the lymphocyte response after breast-conserving surgery was conducted to investigate the differences between effects after general and local anesthesia.

Materials And Methods: Fifty-six patients with breast cancer were enrolled for BCS through local or general anesthesia.

Additional Nodal Disease Prediction in Breast Cancer with Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis Based on Clinicopathological Features.

Aim: The standard-of-care in breast cancer (BC) with positive sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis includes complete axillary lymph node dissection (ALND); however, almost half of such cases have no further tumor burden. This study aimed to assess the clinicopathological factors that predict non-SLN metastasis to define subgroups of SLN-positive patients in whom the axilla may be staged by SLN biopsy alone, while avoiding unnecessary overtreatment.

Patients And Methods: The records of 191 patients with histologically-proven primary BC who underwent a positive (SLN) biopsy between 2005 and 2017 were reviewed.

PET Probe-Guided Surgery in Patients with Breast Cancer: Proposal for a Methodological Approach.

Background: Although it is valuable for detecting distant metastases, identifying recurrence, and evaluating responses to chemotherapy, the role of F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron-emission tomography/computed tomography (F-FDG PET/CT) in assessing locoregional nodal status for initial staging of breast cancer has not yet been well-defined in clinical practice. In the current report, we describe a new PET probe-based clinical approach, with evaluation of the technical performance of a handheld high-energy gamma probe for intraoperative localization of breast carcinomas, and evaluation of lymph node metastases during radio-guided oncological surgery.

Patients And Methods: Three patients underwent a PET/CT scan immediately prior to surgery following the standard clinical protocol.

Infraclavicular subpectoral lipoma causing thoracic outlet syndrome.

Introduction: Thoracic outlet syndrome (TOS) includes a group of disorders caused by extrinsic compression of neurovascular structures between the 1st rib and clavicle. It usually presents as an enlarging neck mass, with shoulder or upper limb pain, weakness, paresthesias and impalpable radial pulse (Raynaud's phenomenon).

Presentation Of Case: We report a rare case of TOS caused by an infraclavicular subpectoral lipoma that, although challenging because of limited access and proximity of vital neurovascular structures, was successfully removed through a simple transaxillary incision with an excellent esthetic result.

Nodal status assessment in breast cancer: strategies of clinical grounds and quality of life implications.

Even in the era of gene-expression profiling, the nodal status still remains the primary prognostic discriminant in breast cancer patients. The exclusion of node involvement using noninvasive methods could reduce the rate of axillary surgery, thereby preventing from suffering complications. However, lymphatic mapping with sentinel node biopsy (SNB) is one of the most interesting recent developments in surgical oncology.