Comparison of Diagnostic Performance in Mammography Assessment: Radiologist with Reference to Clinical Information Versus Standalone Artificial Intelligence Detection.

We compared diagnostic performances between radiologists with reference to clinical information and standalone artificial intelligence (AI) detection of breast cancer on digital mammography. This study included 392 women (average age: 57.3 ± 12.

Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma arising in microglandular adenosis: A case report and review of literature.

Background: Breast adenoid cystic carcinoma (AdCC) is a rare invasive carcinoma composed of epithelial and myoepithelial cells. Microglandular adenosis (MGA) is a rare benign proliferative lesion consisting of small, uniform, and round glands formed by a single layer of epithelial cells and basement membrane without a myoepithelial cell layer. MGA may progress to atypical MGA and carcinoma arising in MGA.

Laparoscopic Treatment of Colonic Intussusception Caused by Sigmoid Colon Cancer.

Reports on the laparoscopic treatment for colonic intussusception are exceedingly rare. We report a case of colonic intussusception caused by sigmoid colon cancer which was treated with a laparoscopic approach. A 76-year-old man visited an emergency room with the chief complaint of lower abdominal pain.

The 8-Year Management of an Older Breast Cancer Patient by Non-surgical Primary Therapies and Minimized Surgery: A Case Report.

A 74-year-old woman presented with a palpable lesion in her right breast. At the time of her visit, she was taking medications for diabetes, hypertension, tremors, tinnitus, and lumbago. She was also caring for her husband, who had dementia.

Predictive factors for longer operative times for thyroidectomy.

Background/objective: Conventional open thyroidectomy is considered as a safe surgery nowadays. However, surgeons sometimes encounter unexpected difficulty when performing thyroidectomies. The aim of this paper was to identify the predictors of a difficult thyroidectomy for the management of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma.

Thermal injury of the recurrent laryngeal nerve by THUNDERBEAT during thyroid surgery: findings from continuous intraoperative neuromonitoring in a porcine model.

Background: Recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) palsy is the most common and serious complication of thyroid surgery. The use of energy-based devices (EBDs) has replaced hand-tying methods in many institutions. However, EBD use proximal to the RLN presents risks related to lateral thermal spread and associated nerve damage.

Impact of positional changes in neural monitoring endotracheal tube on amplitude and latency of electromyographic response in monitored thyroid surgery: Results from the Porcine Experiment.

Background: The purpose of this study was to evaluate electromyography (EMG) amplitude and latency changes during tube dislocation in monitored thyroid surgery, which may be observed without recurrent laryngeal nerve injury.

Methods: Duroc-Landrace piglets were intubated with the TriVantage EMG tube. We measured EMG changes during both upward and downward tube dislocation (10-20 mm) and rotation (45-90°) with continuous neuromonitoring.

Predictive factors for difficult robotic thyroidectomy using the bilateral axillo-breast approach.

Background: The purpose of this study was to identify predictors of difficult robotic thyroidectomy using the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) for the management of patients with papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC).

Methods: We examined a database containing details of patients with PTC who had undergone robotic thyroidectomy with cervical lymph node dissection between July 2008 and June 2013. Patients were subgrouped into difficult thyroidectomy and non-difficult thyroidectomy to identify predictors associated with difficult thyroidectomy corresponding to the time of operation.

Is adjuvant chemotherapy omissible in women with T1-2 stage, node-positive, luminal A type breast cancer?

Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether hormonal breast cancer therapy without systemic chemotherapy is feasible in adjuvant settings in luminal A breast cancer.

Methods: A database of 879 patients who underwent breast cancer surgery enrolled between January 2003 and December 2011 was reviewed. Patients with luminal A cancers were selected and grouped into those who received adjuvant hormonal therapy with (group C+) or without (group C - ) adjuvant systemic therapy.

Learning curve for gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy using the trans-axillary approach: CUSUM analysis of a single surgeon's experience.

Background: Endoscopic thyroidectomy and endoscopic parathyroidectomy were first reported in the 1990s. However, there have been few studies reporting on the learning curve of endoscopic thyroidectomy. We used the moving average method and cumulative sum (CUSUM) analysis to assess the learning curve of gasless endoscopic thyroidectomy.

Does papillary thyroid carcinoma have a better prognosis with or without Hashimoto thyroiditis?

Background: It has been reported that the BRAF (V600E) mutation is related to a low frequency of background Hashimoto thyroiditis (HT); however, there are not many factors known to be related to the development of HT. The aim of this study was to determine whether patients with both papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and HT show aggressive features, by investigating the clinicopathological features of HT in patients with PTC.

Methods: A database of patients with PTC who underwent thyroidectomy between October 2008 and August 2012 was collected and reviewed.

Robotic thyroidectomy using bilateral axillo-breast approach: Comparison of surgical results with open conventional thyroidectomy.

Background: The aim of the present study was to compare the surgical outcomes of robotic thyroidectomy using the bilateral axillo-breast approach (BABA) with open conventional thyroidectomy.

Methods: Database of patients who underwent thyroidectomy with cervical lymph node dissection after diagnosed as papillary thyroid carcinoma between July 2008 and February 2013 were examined. Clinicopathologic characteristics, surgical outcomes, and postoperative morbidities of robot group and open group were investigated.

Comparison of surgical outcomes between papillary thyroid cancer patients treated with the Harmonic ACE scalpel and LigaSure Precise instrument during conventional thyroidectomy: a single-blind prospective randomized controlled trial.

Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of thyroidectomy using the Harmonic ACE scalpel (HS) or the LigaSure Precise (LS) instrument in conventional thyroidectomy.

Materials And Methods: A prospective, randomized controlled trial was performed. Between August 2011 and June 2012, 832 patients who required thyroidectomy for papillary thyroid cancer were randomized into groups treated with either the HS or the LS instrument.

Feasibility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer patients clinically suspected of axillary lymph node metastasis on preoperative imaging.

Background: Generally, sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) is performed in patients with clinically negative axillary lymph node (LN). This study was to assess imaging techniques in axillary LN staging and to evaluate the feasibility of SLNB in patients clinically suspected of axillary LN metastasis on preoperative imaging techniques (SI).

Methods: A prospectively maintained database of 767 breast cancer patients enrolled between January 2006 and December 2009 was reviewed.

Breast cancer after kidney transplantation: a single institution review.

Background: Improvements in immunosuppression have resulted in long life expectancy of kidney transplants. Unfortunately, the incidence of post-transplant malignancy (PTM) is increasing. The aim of this study was to evaluate the nature and stage-specific prognosis of post-transplant breast cancer (PTBC) compared with breast cancer in the general population, and to suggest optimal treatment strategies.