Impact of the first lockdown for coronavirus 19 on breast cancer management in France: A multicentre survey.

Objective: This study examined the impact of lockdown for SARS-CoV-2 on breast cancer management via an online survey in a French multicentre setting.

Material And Methods: This is a multicentre retrospective study, over the strict lockdown period from March 16th to May 11th, 2020 in metropolitan France. 20 centres were solicited, of which 12 responded to the survey.

Role of surgery in patients with synchronous metastatic breast cancer: Is there a need for axillary lymph node removal?

Introduction: About 6% of women with breast cancer present with synchronous metastases. Treatment remains palliative in international recommendations but the impact of loco-regional surgery remains controversial.

Objective: We conducted a multicentre, cohort study to evaluate the impact of axillary lymph node (ALN) surgery on overall survival in stage IV breast cancer at diagnosis.

Survival impact of primary site surgery on metastatic breast cancer patients at diagnosis.

Background: Stage IV breast cancer was considered to be an incurable disease. Primary site surgery used to be reserved to control local complications. In the present study, we compared the survival of women who received therapeutic breast surgery for stage IV breast cancer at initial diagnosis to the survival of those who did not.

[Benign pulmonary metastases from a leiomyoma].

Introduction: Benign metastasizing leiomyoma (BML) is a rare cause of pulmonary nodules. They can occur in women of reproductive age who have undergone hysterectomy for uterine leiomyoma.

Observation: We report the case of a 46-year-old women, who was incidentally found to have bilateral pulmonary cavitating nodules.

Lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) of the breast: is long-term outcome similar to ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)? Analysis of 200 cases.

Background: Lobular carcinomas in situ (LCIS) represent 1-2% of all breast cancers. Both significance and treatment remain widely debated, as well as the possible similarities with DCIS.

Materials And Methods: Two hundred patients with pure LCIS were retrospectively analyzed in seven centres from 1990 to 2008.