Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) and the clinical consultation: A snapshot of UK healthcare professionals' views and experiences.

Objectives: Increasing numbers of women are undergoing Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy (CPM) in the UK. However, professional guidelines suggest CPM does not offer oncological benefit to the majority of women with breast cancer. Whilst research has explored women's motivations for seeking CPM, this study aimed to address a gap in the literature by investigating healthcare professionals' (HCPs) experiences and attitudes of caring for women considering CPM.

IgG4-mediated sclerosing fibroinflammatory disease presenting as inflammatory breast malignancy.

IgG4-mediated sclerosing fibroinflammatory disease is a rare systemic disease which has the ability to form masses in multiple organs and may mimic malignancy. In this case we describe a 53-year-old female who presented with clinical and imaging findings in her right breast consistent with inflammatory breast carcinoma and associated right axillary nodal mass. She underwent CT which also uncovered a left thyroid mass and suggested both masses were possibly malignancies.

Current management of the axilla in patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer: a nationwide survey of United Kingdom breast surgeons.

Background: Precise knowledge of axillary lymph node status is essential in the treatment of operable carcinoma of the breast. For many years, axillary nodal clearance (ANC) has been an integral part of the conventional management of early-stage breast cancer. During the last few decades the trend of these surgical procedures has been one of decreasing invasiveness in order to try and achieve a much lower level of morbidity.