Clinical utility of radioactive seed localization in nonpalpable breast cancer: A retrospective single institutional cohort study.

Background: With advances in mammographic screening techniques, it has become easier to detect nonpalpable breast lesions at an early stage. Pre-surgical localization of lesions by radioactive seed localization (RSL) has several benefits over conventional wire localization (WL) in guiding breast conserving surgery. In this study, we compared WL and RSL, focusing on the relationship between the techniques and in-breast recurrence or margin positivity.

Clinicopathological features of breast angiosarcoma: A 16-years single-institution experience.

Background: Breast Angiosarcoma is a rare type of malignancy arising from endothelial cells lining blood vessels, accounting for 1% of all soft tissue breast tumors. This retrospective study describes the clinical pathological features and clinical management and outcomes of a series of 5 patients with primary and secondary Angiosarcoma of the breast present to King Faisal Specialty Hospital and Research Center during the last 16 years.

Methods: A retrospective review of our institution's pathology database was conducted and all patients who had a pathologically confirmed breast angiosarcoma were included in this study.

Impact of Surgery on Survival in Stage IV Breast Cancer.

We aimed to assess retrospectively the survival outcome in patients with stage IV breast cancer who underwent surgery. In a retrospective, nonrandomized study of stage IV breast cancer patients diagnosed in a single institution between 2000 and 2012, we assessed patient's survival in the context of baseline characteristics. A total 678 patients with metastatic breast cancer were included; 412 (60.