Radioactive seed localization of foreign body.

Radioactive seed localization is a method widely used within breast cancer treatment. This case represents a 43-year-old male patient with a foreign body in his left axilla. We used radioactive seed localization for marking the foreign body, which made the subsequent surgery possible, quick, and minimal invasive.

Bacterial colonization of seromas after breast cancer surgery with and without local steroid prophylaxis.

Background: Seroma formation is a frequent postoperative sequela after mastectomy for primary breast cancer. We investigated the role of bacterial colonization of seroma fluid with three different culture methods and the effect of intracavitary steroids.

Methods: The study group consisted of 212 patients scheduled for mastectomy from a previously performed double-blind randomized placebo-controlled intervention trial.

Male breast cancer: a nation-wide population-based comparison with female breast cancer.

Objective: Describe prognostic parameters of Danish male breast cancer patients (MBCP) diagnosed from 1980-2009. Determine all-cause mortality compared to the general male population and analyze survival/mortality compared with Danish female breast cancer patients (FBCP) in the same period.

Material And Methods: The MBCP cohort was defined from three national registers.