Basic Facts of Breast Cancer in Korea in 2014: The 10-Year Overall Survival Progress [PDF]
We, the Korean Breast Cancer Society (KBCS), present the facts and the trends of breast cancer in Korea in 2014. Data on the total number of newly diagnosed patients was obtained from the Korea Central Cancer Registry database, other data were collected ...
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Breast within a breast: a review of breast hamartomas
SummaryA 22‐year‐old woman who presented with a large lump in the left breast, subsequently found to be a breast hamartoma, is described. A full review is given of this rare and unusual benign breast lesion, which is likely to be recognised increasingly with the advent of mammographic screening.
J A, Paraskevopoulos +2 more
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Breast Volumes in Cancer of the Breast [PDF]
A method has been devised to calculate breast volumes from mammograms. This has been applied to mammograms from 42 women with breast cancer and 42 age-matched normal controls. No difference in breast volumes was noted.
R N, Katariya +2 more
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Breast fat and breast cancer [PDF]
There is a well-established association between high mammographic density and risk of breast cancer. We recently observed, somewhat to our surprise, a strong inverse association between the nondense area on a mammogram and risk of breast cancer [1].
Andreas, Pettersson, Rulla M, Tamimi
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Survival Outcomes of Patients With Breast Cancer Diagnosed Using Vacuum-Assisted Biopsy: A Nationwide Study From the Korean Breast Cancer Society [PDF]
Purpose: Breast cancer is mainly diagnosed using core needle biopsy (CNB), although other biopsy methods, including vacuum-assisted biopsy (VAB), may also be used.
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Clinical Features of Breast Cancer in South Korean Patients with Germline TP53 Gene Mutations [PDF]
Purpose: Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS) is a rare autosomal cancer syndrome caused by a germline mutation in the TP53 gene. Breast cancer in LFS patients is of various subtypes; however, limited data are available on the clinicopathological features of these
정준, 배숭준
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Preventative therapies for healthy women at high risk of breast cancer [PDF]
Ivana Sestak Centre for Cancer Prevention, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, Charterhouse Square, London, UKAbstract: Tamoxifen has been shown to reduce the risk of developing estrogen receptor (ER)-positive ...
Sestak I, Sestak, I
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Breast-feeding and breast cancer in the offspring [PDF]
The causation of breast cancer in certain strains of mice by a virus that can be transmitted vertically, through the milk produced during lactation, has led to the hypothesis that a similar phenomenon could exist in humans. There have been laboratory-based studies in humans suggesting that a virus may be involved in the etiology of female breast cancer
EKBOM, A +5 more
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The Practice Patterns and Perceptions of Korean Surgeons Regarding Margin Status after Breast-Conserving Surgery [PDF]
Two consecutive surveys for breast surgeons in Korea were conducted to comprehend the practice patterns and perceptions on margin status after breast-conserving surgery. The surveys were conducted online in 2014 (initial) and 2016 (follow-up). A total of
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Breast bruises and breast cancer [PDF]
While recently examining one of the early classic works on breast cancer epidemiology—Janet E. Lane-Claypon’s 1926 report to the United Kingdom Ministry of Health [1]—and its 1931 US counterpart [2], I was struck by one item in the list of commonplace “antecedent conditions”: breast bruises, a not uncommon occurrence.
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