Breast Cancer Screening and Outcomes Disparities Persist for Native American Women.

Over the past three decades, mortality rates from breast cancer have decreased for multiple racial groups but have remained constant for American Indian and Alaskan Native (AI/AN) women. Additionally, AI/AN women are less likely to receive timely breast cancer screening and are more likely to be diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer at younger ages than their White counterparts. These disparities can be explained, in part, by the unique barriers to accessing care faced by AI/AN women.

A case report: invasive ductal carcinoma in mosaic Li-Fraumeni syndrome.

Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal dominant condition caused by pathogenic variants in the TP53 tumor suppressor gene and characterized by a high lifetime risk of various cancers with a very early age of onset. We are presenting a 41-year-old woman with right invasive ductal cancer and no family history of cancers, diagnosed with mosaic LFS confirmed with blood and skin punch biopsy samples. She was treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy, mastectomy and sentinel node biopsy with completion axillary dissection.

New-onset axillary lymphangioma: a case report.

Background: Lymphangioma is a rare diagnosis in adult patients and typically presents in early infancy. These tumors are a result of malformation of the lymphatic vessels and usually involve the head, neck, and axilla.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a 28-year-old African female who recently immigrated from East Africa and presented to our surgical breast clinic with a large and rapidly growing left axillary mass.

Imposter phenomenon in radiology: incidence, intervention, and impact on wellness.

Purpose: Imposter phenomenon refers to feelings of inadequacy due to inability to internalize evident success. While high achievers such as physicians have been known to exhibit imposter phenomenon, there is limited literature specific to radiologists. Our purpose was to (1) investigate imposter phenomenon in radiologists and assess correlation with burnout, and (2) pilot an intervention aimed at addressing imposter phenomenon through improvisational theater techniques.

Association between quality of life and patient-reported complications from surgery and radioiodine in early-stage thyroid cancer survivors: A matched-pair analysis.

Background: Remnant radioiodine ablation is discouraged in low-risk differentiated thyroid cancer because it confers no survival advantage. The impact of remnant radioiodine ablation on health-related quality of life in these patients is not well described. We hypothesized remnant radioiodine ablation is associated with lower health-related quality of life in early-stage differentiated thyroid cancer survivors.

Ultrasound-Guided Lateral Abdominal Wall Botulinum Toxin Injection Before Ventral Hernia Repair: A Review for Radiologists.

Preoperative ultrasound-guided lateral abdominal wall botulinum toxin injection is a promising method for improving patient outcomes and reducing recurrence rates after ventral hernia repair. A review of the literature demonstrates variability in the procedural technique, without current standardization of protocols. As radiologists may be increasingly asked to perform ultrasound-guided botulinum toxin injections of the lateral abdominal wall, familiarity with the procedure and current literature is necessary.

Post-thyroidectomy neck appearance and impact on quality of life in thyroid cancer survivors.

Background: There is a paucity of patient-reported data on thyroidectomy scar perception. The effect of neck scarring on quality of life is not known. We hypothesized that worse perception of neck appearance would be related to worse health-related quality of life and that perception improves with time.

Clinical factors associated with worse quality-of-life scores in United States thyroid cancer survivors.

Introduction: Thyroid cancer survivors are a rapidly growing population in the United States. The factors that drive health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in this population have not been well characterized. We hypothesized that more aggressive treatments and greater treatment-related adverse effects would be associated with worse HRQOL scores in thyroid cancer survivors.

Patients believe that cosmetic procedures affect their quality of life: An interview study of patient-reported motivations.

Background: Although treatments to address cosmetic concerns are common, patients' self-reported motives for considering such procedures have not been systematically explored.

Objective: To develop a framework of categories to describe patients' self-reported motivations for undergoing minimally invasive cosmetic procedures.

Methods: Face-to-face, semistructured patient interviews were conducted with adult participants who had undergone or were considering minimally invasive cosmetic dermatologic procedures.