Fig. 2.1 Disease-free survival (Panel a) and relapse-free survival (Panel b) during 25 years of follow-up after surgery among women with clinically negative axillary nodes and women with clinically positive…
Fig. 15.1 Van Nuys DCIS Classification. DCIS patients are separated in high nuclear grade (grade 3) and non-high nuclear grade (grades 1 and 2). Non-high nuclear grade cases are then…
Trial [ref.] Survival* Local recurrence Mastectomy BCT Mastectomy BCT Median f/u Milan I [1] 58.8 % 58.3 % 2.3 % 8.8 % 20 year NSABP BO6 [2] 47 % 46…
Fig. 4.1 Young woman thick lobe with lobular and ductal hyperplasia and poor fatty tissue Fig. 4.2 Ultrasonic scan of an adult breast: ductal ectasia in the main ducts Fig….
Fig. 10.1 Post-lumpectomy section of a laser treated breast cancer showing concentric zones of coagulated tumor, hyperemic ring, and zone of fat necrosis around the laser fiber Fig. 10.2 Gross…
Source Number of patients Additional cancer yield of MR (%) MR sensitivity (%) MR specificity (%) Mammographic sensitivity (%) Kriege 1,909 2.4 71.1 89.8 33 Warner 236 9.3 85 93…
Fig. 11.1 Cryoablation console and probe Importantly, since ablation will result in tissue destruction, it is essential that a core biopsy be performed prior to treatment. Sufficient tissue should be…
Lesion Relative risk Usual ductal hyperplasia 2.0 Subareolar papilloma 2.0 Radial scar 1.8 Multiple papillomas 3.1 Papilloma with atypia 5.1 Radial scar with atypia 5.8 Papillomatosis with atypia 7.0 LCIS…
Alcohol swabs 3 cm3 syringe, 10 cm3 syringe 22-gauge spinal needle (for deep lesions) 22 or 23 gauge 2½-inch needle Glass microscope slides 1 % Xylocaine buffered with bicarbonate spot…
Fig. 13.1 Depiction of path of ultrasound waves from transducer to focal point with heating of target breast tissue in sonication zone Fig. 13.2 Depiction of “cigar” shaped sonication zones…
