Publications by authors named "Scott Conner"

Between 1925 and 1975, the British railway industry elected beauty queens from the daughters of employees. Focusing upon the Railway Queens, this article will reveal the importance of beauty queens as 'civic celebrities', a novel role for public figures that emerged between the wars and helped to sustain a vibrant civic culture across the early to mid-twentieth century. It combined the traditional ceremonial function of 'civic' representative with the modern consumerist ethos of media 'celebrity'.

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Narrative medicine describes the application of story to medical education and practice. Although it has been implemented successfully in many medical schools as a part of undergraduate medical education, applications to the residency environment have been relatively limited. There are virtually no data concerning the adoption of narrative medicine within surgical residencies.

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Background: Breast cancer-related arm lymphedema is a serious complication that can adversely affect quality of life. Identifying risk factors that contribute to the development of lymphedema is vital for identifying avenues for prevention. The aim of this study was to examine the association between the development of arm lymphedema and both treatment and personal (e.

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Background: Access to health care poses particular challenges for patients living in rural communities. Intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) offers a treatment alternative to traditional whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) for select patients. This study aimed to analyze the use of IORT for patients undergoing breast-conserving surgery at an academic institution located in a rural state.

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Background: Women treated for breast cancer have an increased risk for developing metachronous contralateral breast cancer (CBC). Patient perception of this risk is often overestimated and has been found to contribute to the decision to undergo contralateral prophylactic mastectomy. An individual's risk is dependent on both patient and tumor characteristics.

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Background: Detection of a contralateral axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) during lymphoscintigraphy for breast cancer is rare, and its significance and management are unclear. The purpose of this study was to review our experience and analyze our results together with similar patients in the literature to identify common characteristics and propose a management strategy.

Methods: A PubMed search was performed for articles describing patients in whom contralateral axillary drainage was identified on lymphoscintigraphy.

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Background: The aim of this study was to determine outcomes in patients with breast cancer treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

Methods: Seventy-two consecutive patients receiving neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer were enrolled.

Results: Mastectomy was avoided in 46% of patients, and 42% converted to negative nodes after neoadjuvant chemotherapy.

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October 2012

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Background: Preoperative needle localization (NL) is the gold standard for lumpectomy of nonpalpable breast cancer. Hematoma ultrasound-guided (HUG) lumpectomy can offer several advantages. The purpose of this study was to compare the use of HUG with NL lumpectomy in a single surgical practice.

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Background: We analyzed factors that influenced the need for re-excision after partial mastectomy.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective study of 470 breast cancer patients treated with partial mastectomy with main outcome measures of re-excision, conversion to mastectomy, and recurrence.

Results: Of 470 patients, 146 (31%) underwent re-excision for inadequate margins and 42 (8.

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Pregnancy complicates the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. Surgical treatment options of mastectomy or breast-conservation can be used as for non-pregnant patients. Sentinel lymph node biopsy can be safely used with lymphoscintigraphy.

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There are several essential qualities required for success as a chair of surgery. These include determination and resilience, thoughtful planning, superb organization skills, a balance of hard (accounting, management and finance) and soft skills (interpersonal including faculty development), and careful execution is absolutely essential as is a commitment to maintaining momentum.

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Background: We investigated risk factors that predispose to the development of primary breast abscesses and subsequent recurrence.

Study Design: This was a case control study of patients with a primary or recurrent breast abscess, with recurrence defined by the need for repeated drainage within 6 months.

Results: Sixty-eight patients with a primary breast abscess were identified.

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Background: This study was undertaken to evaluate the accuracy of touch preparation (touch prep) in the evaluation of sentinel lymph nodes (SLNs).

Methods: We performed a retrospective review of 402 breast cancer patients who underwent SLN biopsy.

Results: A SLN was identified in 381 patients.

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Background: Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) has become the standard of care in axillary staging of clinically node-negative breast cancer patients. We hypothesized that certain clinical parameters are associated with failure to identify a SLN.

Methods: We performed an institutional review board-approved, retrospective analysis of 402 consecutive breast cancer patients who underwent SLNB from 2000 to 2007.

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Background: As more women survive breast cancer, long-term complications that affect quality of life, such as lymphedema of the arm, gain greater importance. Numerous studies have attempted to identify treatment and prognostic factors for arm lymphedema, yet the magnitude of these associations remains inconsistent.

Methods: A PubMed search was conducted through January 2008 to locate articles on lymphedema and treatment factors after breast cancer diagnosis.

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Background: There is an increased incidence of breast cancer occurring during pregnancy. Controversy exists as to the safety of performing lymphoscintigraphy during pregnancy and no studies have reported the measured dose of uterine radiation.

Methods: We performed an institutional review board (IRB)-approved prospective study of uterine radiation resulting from lymphoscintigraphy.

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Background: While the overall incidence of gastric cancer has declined in the United States of America, the incidence of proximal gastric cancers has increased. The purpose of this analysis was to highlight key differences between proximal and distal gastric cancer as they relate to presentation and treatment.

Methods: Data on 6,099 patients diagnosed with gastric adenocarcinoma were collected as a patient care evaluation under the auspices of the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer.

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Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains the second leading cause of cancer mortality among men, and the third leading cause among women. Worldwide, CRC is the fourth most common cancer with approximately 1 million new cases annually. Unfortunately, advanced disease at diagnosis is still all too common.

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Hypothesis: Trauma patients with normal motor examination results and normal cervical spine helical computed tomographic (CT) scans with sagittal reconstructions do not have significant cervical spine injury.

Design: Prospectively collected registry data.

Setting: Level II community-based trauma center.

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