The Rush to Evaluate Response at the End of Treatment in Breast Cancer Patients Who Received Neoadjuvant Treatment: Which Tests are Effective in The Selection of Surgical Technique?

Introduction: Evaluating the treatment response after neoadjuvant therapy (NAT) is essential for determining the surgical approach and planning adjuvant therapy. A variety of imaging methods are available to monitor tumor response. Mammography (MG) and breast ultrasonography (US) combined with physical examination are the most commonly used assessment methods.

Sentinel Lymph Node Metastasis in Invasive Lobular Carcinoma of the Breast.

Objective: Invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) of the breast makes up 5 to 15 percent of all invasive breast cancers. It has distinctive clinical and histopathological features when compared to invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC). This study intends to describe factors influencing sentinel lymph node (SLN) positivity in patients with "pure" ILC.

Factors Influencing Non-sentinel Node Metastasis in Patients with Macrometastatic Sentinel Lymph Node Involvement and Validation of Three Commonly Used Nomograms.

Objective: Omitting axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) in a subgroup of patients with sentinel lymph node (SLN) metastasis is becoming a widely accepted practice. Avoiding the well-known complications of ALND is the sole aim without compromising the curative intention of surgery.

Materials And Methods: The data were probed for breast cancer patients that were operated on between February 2014 and June 2016.