Publications by authors named "J Ben Hassouna"

Article Synopsis
  • - Breast cancer surgery is the main treatment for early-stage cases, but inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) requires a different approach due to its aggressive nature and skin involvement.
  • - IBC management involves a coordinated effort from oncologists, surgeons, and radiation therapists, with radical surgery still being the standard, although some advocate for conservative options after chemotherapy.
  • - The reliability of the sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in IBC patients remains uncertain, and more prospective studies are needed to enhance treatment strategies considering individual tumor characteristics and responses.
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Introduction: Paratesticular rhabdomyosarcoma is a rare and aggressive mesenchymal tumor, accounting for only 7% of all rhabdomyosarcomas. It is mainly encountered in children and adolescents. The standard treatment consists of radical orchidectomy with negative surgical margins.

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Introduction: Renal angiomyolipoma is considered a benign mesenchymal tumor composed of fat, smooth muscle, and blood vessels. It represents 1-3% of solid renal tumors. Despite this tumor's benignity, it can be aggressive with a locoregional extension.

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Background: Breast cancer is the world's most common cancer among women. It is becoming an increasingly urgent problem in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where a large fraction of women is diagnosed with advanced-stage disease and have no access to treatment or basic palliative care. About 5-10% of all breast cancers can be attributed to hereditary genetic components and up to 25% of familial cases are due to mutations in /2 genes.

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and are the most commonly mutated breast cancer susceptibility genes that convey a high risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Most or mutation carriers have inherited a single heterozygous mutation. In recent years, very rare cases with biallelic or trans double heterozygous mutations on and or have been identified and seem to be associated with distinctive phenotypes.

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