Capturing longer term surgical outcome measures as part of routine care of breast cancer patients.

Introduction: The transition away from routine clinical follow up after breast cancer towards imaging surveillance and patient-initiated contact limits opportunities for patients and doctors to communicate about the long-term effects of treatment. The ABS oncoplastic guidelines (2021) recommend that post-operative 2D images and patient-reported outcomes (PROMs) are routinely collected but give no guidance as to how best to implement this.

Methods: From December 2019 until March 2024, women due for their year 3 or 5 surveillance mammogram at The Royal Marsden Sutton site were invited to complete a BREAST-Q questionnaire and attend medical photography.

Long-term effects of COVID-19 on lungs and the clinical relevance: a 6-month prospective cohort study.

We aimed to explore the prevalence of prolonged symptoms, pulmonary impairments and residual disease on chest tomography (CT) in COVID-19 patients at 6 months after acute illness. In this prospective, single-center study, hospitalized patients with radiologically and laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 were included. A high proportion of the 116 patients reported persistent symptoms (n = 54; 46.

High prevalence of concealed Brugada syndrome in patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.

Background: Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) may coexist with Brugada syndrome (BrS).

Objectives: The present study was designed to determine the prevalence of drug-induced type 1 Brugada ECG pattern (concealed BrS) in patients presenting with clinical spontaneous AVNRT and to investigate their electrocardiographic, electrophysiological, and genetic characteristics.

Methods: Ninety-six consecutive patients without any sign of BrS on baseline electrocardiogram undergoing electrophysiological study and ablation for symptomatic, drug-resistant AVNRT and 66 control subjects underwent an ajmaline challenge to unmask BrS.