Women's Experience With Screening Mammography During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Multi-Institutional Prospective Survey Study.

Objective: Evaluate women's anxiety and experience undergoing screening mammography during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods: An IRB-approved anonymous survey was administered to women receiving screening mammography across six sites in the U.S.

Is Proton Therapy a "Pro" for Breast Cancer? A Comparison of Proton vs. Non-proton Radiotherapy Using the National Cancer Database.

Limited data exists demonstrating the clinical benefit of proton radiotherapy (PRT) in breast cancer. Using the National Cancer Database, we evaluated predictors associated with PRT use for patients with breast cancer. An exploratory analysis also investigates the impact of PRT on overall survival (OS).

Feasibility analysis of early temporal kinetics as a surrogate marker for breast tumor type, grade, and aggressiveness.

Background: Screening breast MRI has been shown to preferentially detect high-grade ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and invasive carcinoma, likely due to increased angiogenesis resulting in early initial uptake of contrast. As interest grows in abbreviated screening breast MRI (AB-MRI), markers of early contrast washin that can predict tumor grade and potential aggressiveness are of clinical interest.

Purpose: To evaluate the feasibility of using the initial enhancement ratio (IER) as a surrogate marker for tumor grade, hormone receptor status, and prognostic markers, as an initial step to being incorporated into AB-MRI.

Outcomes of Preoperative MRI-Guided Needle Localization of Nonpalpable Mammographically Occult Breast Lesions.

Objective: MRI-guided needle localization allows access to MRI-detected mammographically occult breast lesions that are not amenable to MRI-guided biopsy. The purpose of this study was to examine the safety and outcomes of MRI-guided needle localization.

Materials And Methods: Ninety-nine consecutive breast lesions that underwent preoperative MRI-guided needle localization were identified.

Use of desipramine for the treatment of overactive bladder refractory to antimuscarinic therapy.

Purpose: To evaluate the use of desipramine in the treatment of overactive bladder (OAB).

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively evaluated 43 patients who were treated with desipramine for OAB refractory to antimuscarinic therapy. These OAB patients were stratified by the presence or absence of bladder pain.

Masked pneumothorax: risk of valveless trocar systems.

Purpose: Unlike traditional valved trocars, the valveless trocar maintains pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy by forming a CO(2) curtain at the proximal end of the trocar. This gas barrier instantaneously maintains exact intraperitoneal pressure that yields to the transient physiological changes seen with breathing. Due to this different mechanism of action, pneumothorax development may be masked by the valveless trocar system.