Modified Radical Mastectomy vs Breast-Conserving Surgery: Current Clinical Practice in Women with Early Stage Breast Cancer at a Corporate Tertiary Cancer Center in India.

Unlabelled: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in urban India and surgery has one of the definitive roles in treating this cancer. Over the decades, multiple studies have been published and they have shown that BCS followed by radiotherapy has equivalent disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS) as compared with MRM. The surgeon has the main role in explaining the treatment options to the patient.

Metastatic rhabdoid meningioma of the parotid - Mimicking primary salivary gland neoplasm.

Introduction: Tumors involving the parotid are predominantly primary with metastatic lesions forming a miniscule population. Meningioma metastasizing to the parotid is extremely rare and hence can often be mistaken for the more common primary salivary gland neoplasms.

Presentation Of Case: A 59-year-old male presented with a swelling in the left parotid region.

Endoscopic excision of a lateral ventricular epidermoid-A case report of a novel technique.

Introduction: Epidermoids of the lateral ventricle are relatively rare tumours. As these tumours are soft and relatively avascular, they appear to be ideally suited for endoscopic surgical excision. At present the instruments available are specifically designed for endoscopic intra ventricular surgeries, limitations being inability to rapidly debulk the tumour and achieve adequate haemostasis.

Differences in spike train variability in rat vasopressin and oxytocin neurons and their relationship to synaptic activity.

The firing pattern of magnocellular neurosecretory neurons is intimately related to hormone release, but the relative contribution of synaptic versus intrinsic factors to the temporal dispersion of spikes is unknown. In the present study, we examined the firing patterns of vasopressin (VP) and oxytocin (OT) supraoptic neurons in coronal slices from virgin female rats, with and without blockade of inhibitory and excitatory synaptic currents. Inhibitory postsynaptic currents (IPSCs) were twice as prevalent as their excitatory counterparts (EPSCs), and both were more prevalent in OT compared with VP neurons.