Evaluation of the Effects of Pasireotide LAR Administration on Lymphocele Prevention after Axillary Node Dissection for Breast Cancer: Results of a Randomized Non-Comparative Phase 2 Study.

Objective: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy (response rate centered on 80%) of a somatostatin analog with high affinity for 4 somatostatin receptors in reducing the postoperative incidence of symptomatic lymphocele formation following total mastectomy with axillary lymph node dissection.

Setting: This prospective, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial was conducted in two secondary care centres.

Participants: All female patients for whom mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection were indicated were eligible for the study, including patients who had received neo-adjuvant chemotherapy.

[Are decisions of multidisciplinary tumor boards in accordance with the guidelines? Experience of an university reference center for breast cancer].

Objective: Multidisciplinary meeting (MDM) should ensure a homogeneous management of the patients by following breast cancer guidelines. Are these guidelines really applied in MDM decisions?

Patients And Methods: We reviewed the last 200 cases of patients operated in our department for breast cancer. We searched for each case if MDM had been consulted, at which step of the management and if the decision was in accordance with our guidelines.

Antibacterial-coated suture in reducing surgical site infection in breast surgery: a prospective study.

Background. To reduce the incidence of microbial colonization of suture material, Triclosan- (TC-)coated suture materials have been developed. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of suture-related complications (SRC) in breast surgery with and without the use of TC-coated sutures.

Predictive factors for breast cancer in patients diagnosed with ductal intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 1B.

Background: For ductal intraepithelial neoplasia, grade 1B, studies that predict breast cancer risk after an 11-gauge vacuum-assisted breast biopsy have yielded contradictory results. In order to identify a predictive model of breast cancer risk, we assessed the underestimation rate according to radiological and clinical findings.

Patients And Methods: Our study involved 212 patients.