[Surgery or not on an atypical breast lesion? Taking anxiety into account in shared decision support from a prospective cohort of 300 patients].

Introduction: Organized and individual breast screening have been accompanied by an increase in the detection of "atypical breast lesions (ABL)". Recently, the NOMAT multicenter study proposed a predictive model of the risk of developing breast cancer after detection of an ABL in order to avoid surgical removal of "low-risk" lesions. It also aimed to provide information on psychological experience, in particularly anxiety, to assist in the shared medical decision process.

Prospective Multicenter Study Validate a Prediction Model for Surgery Uptake Among Women with Atypical Breast Lesions.

Background: Diagnosis of atypical breast lesions (ABLs) leads to unnecessary surgery in 75-90% of women. We have previously developed a model including age, complete radiological target excision after biopsy, and focus size that predicts the probability of cancer at surgery. The present study aimed to validate this model in a prospective multicenter setting.

New simple method for thyroid volume determination by ultrasonography.

A new, simple, and accurate ultrasonic method is elaborated for thyroid volume determination with commercially available high-resolution real-time equipment. The method takes into account the special and variable shape of the thyroid. The measurements were taken in three perpendicular sections.

Ultrasonography in the preoperative diagnosis of chronic pancreatitis causing severe obstruction, and in indication for surgery.

It is pointed out that some cases of chronic pancreatitis causing severe obstruction may clinically simulate tumour. This can occasionally be confirmed by other examinations (e.g.