Breast-Specific Sensuality and Appearance Satisfaction: Comparison of Breast-Conserving Surgery and Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy.

Background: We demonstrated previously that lumpectomy (L) patients reported higher appearance satisfaction, appreciation of a pleasurable breast caress, and persistence of the breast during intimacy than mastectomy with reconstruction, which we used to describe breast-specific sensuality. Our current objective was to compare breast-specific sensuality between L and nipple-sparing mastectomy (NSM).

Design: An anonymous, cross-sectional survey was distributed to breast cancer survivors between 2014 and 2016.

Axillary Ultrasound Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy: Is There a Role in the Post Z-0011 Era?

Objectives: Axillary ultrasound with fine needle aspiration (AXUSFNA) in early-stage breast cancer has required reappraisal. ACOSOG Z-0011 and after mapping of the axilla: radiotherapy or surgery have shown that women with limited nodal disease at sentinel lymph node biopsy got no survival advantage with completion axillary node dissection. We hypothesize that AXUSFNA may be sufficiently accurate for staging for some patients and sentinel lymph node biopsy need not be performed.