Sentinel lymph node biopsy validation for large tumors.

Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) remains under discussion for large size tumors. The aim of this work has been to study the false negative rate (FNR) of SLNB for large tumors and predictive factors of false negative (FN).

Materials And Methods: A study of a multicentric cohort, involved patients presenting N0 breast cancer with a SLNB eventually completed by complementary axillary lymph node dissection (cALND).

Tolerance of latissimus dorsi in immediate breast reconstruction without implant to radiotherapy.

Introduction: Immediate breast reconstruction (IBR) improves the quality of life of patients who undergo mastectomy. The latissimus dorsi flap (LDF) method provides particularly good aesthetic results, but its tolerance to subsequent radiotherapy remains unclear. We thus sought to assess tolerance and esthetic results and satisfaction, as reported by patients who underwent IBR by LDF with or without subsequent radiotherapy.

Surgical Management of Benign and Borderline Phyllodes Tumors of the Breast.

Phyllodes tumors (PT) are uncommon fibroepithelial breast neoplasms and there is currently no clear consensual treatment for these tumors. The aim of our study was to evaluate the surgical management and outcome of benign and borderline PT. We retrospectively assessed 76 cases of benign or borderline PT managed at the Leon Berard comprehensive cancer center in Lyon, France between July 2003 and December 2013.

[Lipofilling and breast cancer: Literature review in 2015?].

Introduction: The clinical surveillance of a patient treated for breast cancer involves many specialists: a surgeon, an oncologist, a radiotherapist, a gynecologist, and a general practitioner. The patients diagnosed with breast cancer will require regular clinical examination in order to identify possible recurrences. In our team, fat grafting has been used since 1998 for breast reconstruction because its results are natural breasts.

[Axillary lymph node dissection after breast reconstruction by pedicled Latissimus dorsi: Operative steps and outcomes].

Objectives: We retrospectively reviewed all the cases of axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) performed within a year after an immediate breast reconstruction procedure by a pedicled Latissimus dorsi, which is transferred to the anterior thoracic wall through an axillary funnel. Operative technical steps are described taking account of the new anatomical relationship of the axilla.

Methods: We assessed postoperative immediate complications and late sequelaes.