[Ultrasonographic evaluation of the uterine cervix length remaining after LOOP-excision].

Objectives: To assess whether there is a correlation between the length of a conization specimen and the length of the cervix measured by vaginal ultrasonography after the operation

Patients And Methods: Prospective observational study including patients less than 45 years with measurement of cervical length before and the day of the conization, and measuring the histological length of the specimen.

Results: Among the 40 patients enrolled, the average ultrasound measurements before conization was 26.9 mm (± 4.

Boosted selective internal radiation therapy with 90Y-loaded glass microspheres (B-SIRT) for hepatocellular carcinoma patients: a new personalized promising concept.

Purpose: To evaluate the impact of dosimetry based on MAA SPECT/CT for the prediction of response, toxicity and survival, and for treatment planning in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) treated with (90)Y-loaded glass microspheres (TheraSphere®).

Methods: TheraSphere® was administered to 71 patients with inoperable HCC. MAA SPECT/CT quantitative analysis was used for the calculation of the tumour dose (TD), healthy injected liver dose (HILD), and total injected liver dose.

Atypical hyperplasia of the breast: the black hole of routine breast cancer screening.

Aim: Determination of the prevalence, of the radiological and clinical characteristics, and outcome of atypical hyperplasia (AH) of the breast within a population subjected to routine screening (double-view mammography with double reading, performed every two years between 50 and 75 years of age).

Patients And Methods: The clinical and radiological records and histological findings of percutaneous and surgical biopsy specimens of sixty-eight patients presenting with AH were reviewed together with patient follow-up data after percutaneous and surgical biopsy.

Results: AH incidence in the population was 0.

Dosimetry based on 99mTc-macroaggregated albumin SPECT/CT accurately predicts tumor response and survival in hepatocellular carcinoma patients treated with 90Y-loaded glass microspheres: preliminary results.

Unlabelled: Radioembolization of liver cancers using (90)Y-loaded microspheres is experiencing more widespread use. However, few data are available concerning the doses delivered to the tumors and the healthy liver. This retrospective study was conducted to calculate the tumor dosimetry (planned tumor dose [T(plan) D]) and nontumor dosimetry in patients treated by (90)Y-loaded glass microspheres and determine whether tumor dosimetry could predict response and survival.

Sentinel lymph node analysis in breast cancer: contribution of one-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA).

One-step nucleic acid amplification (OSNA, Sysmex, Kobe, Japan) offers an excellent opportunity for accurate exhaustive sentinel lymph node (SLN) examination in breast cancer patients. Calibrated with conventional postoperative histology, this molecular technique yields comparable results intraoperatively, expressed as micrometastasis, macrometastasis or no metastasis depending on the CK19 mRNA copy number amplified in SLN lysates. We applied OSNA to detect metastasis in 810 SLNs from 367 patients with early stage breast cancer.