• Automation of Lung Ultrasound Interpretation via Deep Learning for the Classification of Normal versus Abnormal Lung Parenchyma: A Multicenter Study. (cdc.gov)
  • Additionally to the test they reported the following: BRONCHIAL TREE AND LUNG PARENCHYMA: Airways are patent. (cardiachealth.org)
  • There did not appear to be any damage to the surrounding lung parenchyma. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Curative treatment of lung tumours or metastases requires surgical resection, which results in the loss of functional lung parenchyma. (biomedcentral.com)
  • False-positive results included benign fibroadenoma (2 patients), inflammatory fat necrosis (1 patient), benign breast parenchyma (1 patient), and complex sclerosing lesion (1 patient). (nih.gov)
  • a benign growth originating in the glandular tissue of the breast that can compress adjacent tissue as it grows in size. (thewomenofhope.org)
  • There is an asymmetric parenchyma nodule in each breast anteriorly, most likely benign. (naturalbreastreconstruction.com)
  • 1 - 3 Although most breast symptoms have benign causes, symptoms can cause significant anxiety. (aafp.org)
  • Granulomatous mastitis (GM) is a rare benign inflammatory breast disease that affects mostly women of childbearing age with a history of breastfeeding. (karger.com)
  • In this pictorial essay, we introduce the representative US findings of many different splenic lesions, including normal sonographic findings, normal variants and congenital anomalies, infectious conditions, benign and malignant neoplasms, and non-neoplastic lesions. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • A safe place to discuss benign (non-cancerous) breast conditions. (breastcancer.org)
  • These are benign lesions and encompass diverse entities that range from ectopic breast tissue to duct ectasia, fat necrosis, mastitis, Rosai-Dorfman disease, diabetic mastopathy, amyloidosis, IgG4-related mastitis, biopsy site changes, reaction to foreign material including implants, and infections. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Albeit the universal recall rate goals, the measure itself is strongly affected by patient factors, such as age, breast density, use of hormone replacement therapy, interval since the previous mammogram, and previous benign biopsy results. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • Some breast imagers believe that US is the primary modality for the evaluation of palpable masses in women 30 years of age and older and that mammography plays an adjunctive role. (medscape.com)
  • Furthermore, young women's breasts tend to appear dense on mammograms-a factor that reduces the diagnostic sensitivity of mammography in this group. (medscape.com)
  • In addition, breast US is superior to mammography in the evaluation of breast abscesses. (medscape.com)
  • Although mammography is an effective screening tool, data suggest that it is often less sensitive in detecting cancer in mammographically dense breast tissue. (medscape.com)
  • 36 139 women in the mammography plus ultrasonography arm) and a report from an Austrian population-based screening program (66 680 women overall and 31 918 women with dense breasts). (medscape.com)
  • In those women with dense breasts, the cancer detection rate with mammography alone was 1.8 per 1000 screens, which increased to 2.4 per 1000 screens when ultrasonography was added. (medscape.com)
  • The National Comprehensive Cancer Network, the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI), the Japanese Breast Cancer Society, and the Chinese Anti-Cancer Association (CACA) have recommended supplemental ultrasound (S-US) screening for women with dense breasts after negative mammography. (medscape.com)
  • A retrospective study of 48,251 women who underwent full-field digital mammography and ultrasound for breast cancer screening found that ultrasound alone is satisfactory for all age groups, although full-field digital mammography plus computer-aided detection plus ultrasound was found to be the perfect screening method. (medscape.com)
  • These results suggest an important role for MBI, particularly for women in whom the sensitivity of mammography is reduced by the density of the breast parenchyma. (nih.gov)
  • Mammography is an important tool in the early detection of breast cancer. (googleapis.com)
  • Breast cancer screening by mammography is a difficult visual search task, characterized by a low prevalence of positive findings. (googleapis.com)
  • BIRADS 4 category was assigned to the left breast mass on mammography. (springeropen.com)
  • The Swedish trials demonstrated that screening mammography detects small, node-negative breast cancers, allowing patients to receive less aggressive surgical as well as adjuvant therapy. (radiologykey.com)
  • Although mammography is an effective screening test, the limitations of mammography discussed earlier, particularly in high-risk women and in women with dense breasts, have led to interest in other modalities to supplement mammographic screening. (radiologykey.com)
  • An annual mammography check should begin even earlier, after the prescription of a specialist, for women with a hereditary history of breast cancer. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Targeted ultrasonography localized to discrete areas of the breast can be used alone to evaluate focal breast pain in women younger than 30 years, and as an adjunct to mammography in women 30 years and older. (aafp.org)
  • 1 Over a 10-year period, 16% of women 40 to 69 years of age had breast problems, and 10% reported breast symptoms at the time of mammography. (aafp.org)
  • Diagnostic imaging is not needed in patients with cyclic mastalgia if routine screening mammography is up to date and physical examination findings are normal. (aafp.org)
  • Diagnostic imaging is not needed in patients with physiologic nipple discharge if routine screening mammography is up to date and physical examination findings are normal. (aafp.org)
  • This study surveyed the views of breast screening readers in the UK on how to incorporate Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology into breast screening mammography. (springeropen.com)
  • Digital mammography has grown to become the highest standard for breast cancer screening, but may yield suspicious findings that turn out not to be cancer. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • Tomosynthesis resembles a mammography in the sense that it depends on ionizing radiation to produce images of the breast. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • However, unlike traditional mammography, tomosynthesis allows for three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of the breast tissue, which can then be viewed as chronological slices through the breast. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • US is useful in the evaluation of palpable masses that are mammographically occult, of clinically suspected breast lesions in women younger than 30 years, and of many abnormalities seen on mammograms. (medscape.com)
  • However, it is now well established that US also provides valuable information about the nature and extent of solid masses and other breast lesions. (medscape.com)
  • Three of these patients had lesions in the breast contralateral to the breast containing the initial mammographic finding suggestive of malignancy. (nih.gov)
  • This prototype gamma camera system for MBI reliably detects malignant breast lesions smaller than 2 cm. (nih.gov)
  • Most common causes of granulomatous lesions of the breast and axilla included silicone granulomas 33% ( n = 42), fat necrosis 29% ( n = 37) and suture granulomas 11% ( n = 14). (springer.com)
  • citation needed] The physical examination records and establishes the accurate measures of the woman's body mass index, vital signs, the mass of each breast, the degree of inframammary intertrigo present, the degree of breast ptosis, the degree of enlargement of each breast, lesions to the skin envelope, the degree of sensation in the nipple-areola complex (NAC), and discharges from the nipple. (wikipedia.org)
  • Here, we presented a case of a 50-year-old female patient suffering from slightly headache who received breast cancer modified radical mastectomy in 2004, computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging findings revealed abnormal lesions of diffuse skull which were misdiagnosed as skull metastasis, and the relevant literatures were also reviewed. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cysts, apocrine metaplasia, epithelial hyperplasia, fibroadenoma (Fig. 2.6 ), papilloma, and a wide range of lesions occurring in the normally located breast can be encountered in ectopic breast tissue. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Colloid scintigraphy (liver‐spleen scans) allows visualization of the liver parenchyma through accumulation of colloid‐based radiotracers in reticuloendothelial cells and was widely used in the past to detect focal liver lesions [2] . (radiologykey.com)
  • cancerous tumors of the glands, such as in the ducts or lobules of the breast. (thewomenofhope.org)
  • FAPI-04 represents a promising tracer for both diagnostic imaging and, possibly, targeted therapy of malignant tumors with a high content of activated fibroblasts, such as breast cancer. (snmjournals.org)
  • Many breast tumors do not cause any symptoms. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Despite optimal local therapy, tumor cell invasion into normal brain parenchyma frequently results in recurrence in patients with solid tumors. (figshare.com)
  • We propose that antiprogestins have the potential to enhance the efficacy of chemotherapy in breast tumors with a high PRA/PRB ratio. (oncotarget.com)
  • Ultrasound (US), and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) helped in the diagnosis of the possibility of a malignant breast lesion. (springeropen.com)
  • Between September 2016 and January 2018, 40 breast cancer patients who showed near complete response (either tumor size ≤0.5 cm or lesion-to-background parenchymal signal enhancement ratio ≤1.6) on MRI following neoadjuvant chemotherapy were prospectively enrolled. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Mammographic and sonographic evaluation is an effective method, however it can be challenging to diagnose character of lesion in dense breasts parenchyma. (bartrom.com)
  • To determine the sensitivity of molecular breast imaging (MBI) to detect small cancers of the breast. (nih.gov)
  • Breast cancer is among the 4 leading cancers in women worldwide (ie, lung, breast and bowel [including anus], stomach, and prostate cancers). (jmir.org)
  • Invasive Papillary Carcinomas of the breast are rare cancers in post-menopausal women. (springeropen.com)
  • Multiple randomized controlled trials and observational and service studies in Europe and North America have demonstrated that breast cancer mortality decreases by approximately 30% once mammographic screening is instituted, suggesting that the early detection of breast cancers before they are clinically apparent reduces deaths due to breast cancer. (radiologykey.com)
  • Any alternative or supplemental screening test has been measured by its ability to detect small node-negative breast cancers. (radiologykey.com)
  • 13 ,​ 14 ,​ 15 In 1986, Heywang et al demonstrated that cancers on breast MRIs performed following gadolinium administration demonstrated increased enhancement relative to the normal breast parenchyma, findings confirmed on subsequent studies ( ▶ Fig. 2.1 ). (radiologykey.com)
  • 16 ,​ 17 Most breast cancers demonstrate early enhancement (rapid wash), while the normal breast parenchyma progressively enhances with time. (radiologykey.com)
  • With these improvements, pathologic complete response (pCR) rates after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) have increased up to 60%-70%, particularly in triple-negative and human epidermal growth factor receptor type 2 (HER2)-positive breast cancers [ 1 , 2 ]. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Younger women have dense breast parenchyma, with a greater proportion of fibroglandular density than fatty tissue. (iarc.fr)
  • An uncommon condition in which additional breast tissue is found in the axillary (underarm) area. (thewomenofhope.org)
  • There is mild to moderate residual parenchyma tissue bilaterally. (naturalbreastreconstruction.com)
  • Doctor, I'm not sure I should wait another six months or peruse implant removal and breast tissue removal. (naturalbreastreconstruction.com)
  • This study aimed to evaluate p16 expression in breast cancer in comparison to normal breast tissue and determine the association between p16 expression and clinicopathological parameters in breast cancer. (advbiores.net)
  • These included 40 invasive breast carcinoma (tumor group) and normal tissue adjacent to the tumor (tumor control), as well as 30 normal mammoplasty specimens (normal control). (advbiores.net)
  • In a breast reduction surgery for re-establishing a functional bust that is proportionate to the woman's body, the critical corrective consideration is the tissue viability of the nipple-areola complex (NAC), to ensure the functional sensitivity and lactational capability of the breasts. (wikipedia.org)
  • citation needed] The abnormal enlargement of the breast tissues to a volume in excess of the normal bust-to-body proportions can be caused either by the overdevelopment of the milk glands or of the adipose tissue, or by a combination of both occurrences of hypertrophy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Under normal circumstances, the glandular tissue is subject to changes associated with the hormonal changes of the menstrual cycle. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Core needle biopsy with imaging guidance is the preferred method of tissue sampling for suspicious palpable breast masses. (aafp.org)
  • The interface between tumor and surrounding normal brain tissue exhibited elevated endothelial VCAM-1 expression and increased microvessel density. (figshare.com)
  • Accessory spleen, which results from a failure of the embryonic splenic anlage to fuse and extreme lobulation that separates splenic tissue, is a normal variant observed in 10%-30% of individuals [ 7 ]. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Ectopic breast tissue refers to breast tissue discovered at anatomic locations other than on the anterior chest wall where the normal breasts reside. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Ectopic breast tissue is reported to occur in between 1 % and 6 % of women and can be bilateral or unilateral. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • The imaging appearance of ectopic fibroglandular tissue is similar to that in the breast. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Ectopic breast tissue can be fibrofatty in gross appearance or may be predominantly fatty. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Physiological changes can be observed in ectopic breast tissue, including pregnancy and lactational hyperplasia. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Axillary breast tissue. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Ectopic breast tissue with a fibroadenoma. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Adnexal apocrine glands and sweat ducts of the axilla may mimic breast ducts and lobules of axillary ectopic breast tissue. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Whereas adnexal tissue generally occurs in the dermis, breast ducts and lobules are seen deep to the dermis and within adipose tissue. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • When ectopic breast tissue is predominantly fatty, it can resemble a lipoma. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • The presence of ducts and acini, especially within fibrous areas of the adipose tissue, gives the diagnosis of ectopic breast tissue. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Ectopic breast tissue in axillary lymph nodes may lead to false positive diagnoses of nodal metastases. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Ectopic breast tissue in a sentinel lymph node. (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • The parenchyma also contained layers of smooth muscle tissue and calcareous corpuscles. (cdc.gov)
  • In 1996, we formally recognized and described non-angiogenic tumours in lungs where the only blood vessels present were those originating from normal lung tissue. (nature.com)
  • Digital breast tomosynthesis has exhibited much promise in reducing recall rates, predominantly in younger women and in those with dense breast tissue. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • Breast ultrasound (US) was performed on Samsung RS 80 A, using a linear probe of 4-18 MHz with an elastography facility. (springeropen.com)
  • This study aimed to evaluate the role of Doppler ultrasound (US) and elastography to identify residual breast cancer for patients showing near complete response following chemotherapy on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Ultrasound revealed a hyperechoic area 2.1 cm in diameter with ill-defined margins in the left breast. (cdc.gov)
  • My most recent mammogram 5/2/2018 stated "There are bilateral breast implants. (naturalbreastreconstruction.com)
  • Macromastia can be manifested either as a unilateral condition or as a bilateral condition (single-breasted enlargement or double-breasted enlargement) that can occur in combination with sagging, breast ptosis that is determined by the degree to which the nipple has descended below the inframammary fold (IMF). (wikipedia.org)
  • The physical examination revealed the following: edema of the bilateral frontal scalp and upper eyelid, the right frontal, temporal, and dorsal scalp were slightly lumpy with normal scalp color, and the lumps were immobile and solid but without tenderness. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mediolateral oblique digital mammogram of the right breast in a 66-year-old woman with a new, opaque, irregular mass approximately 1 cm in diameter. (medscape.com)
  • The normal appearance of the breast on a mammogram varies with the age of the patient. (iarc.fr)
  • A diagnostic mammogram was performed on Alpha -RT (GE) showed heterogeneous dense breast with an irregular, high-density mass having oblong component noted in retroaerolar region in the center-left breast involving anterior and middle depth with indistinct margin. (springeropen.com)
  • Following mammogram was normal. (naturalbreastreconstruction.com)
  • Also, see the patient education articles Mammogram , Breast Cancer , and Breast Lumps and Pain . (medscape.com)
  • A 67-year-old woman underwent right modified radical mastectomy and axillary lymph node dissection for carcinoma of the breast 15 years ago. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 5 years ago, after diagnostic finding of reappearance of infiltrating ductal carcinoma of the right breast, the patient underwent right mastectomy and revisional surgery of axillary armpit, and another adjuvant chemotherapy. (doctorsmedicalopinion.com)
  • In girls, the first pubertal milestone is typically breast development (thelarche), followed soon after by appearance of pubic hair (pubarche) and axillary hair and later by the first menstrual period (menarche), which traditionally occurs 2 to 3 years after thelarche. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed no evidence of metastatic breast cancer within the liver. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The patient underwent palliative transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and transhepatic venous liver biopsy, which revealed the presence of rapidly progressive and uncontrolled metastatic breast cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • All patients with advanced breast cancer developing unexpected portal hypertension should be considered candidates for liver biopsy despite normal computed tomography of the liver imaging results. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We describe a patient who underwent extensive treatment for stage IV breast cancer that had metastasized to her bones and liver. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Distant spread from breast cancer is commonly found in bones, lungs, liver and central nervous system. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Haematological analysis and biochemical parameters including liver and renal function tests were within the normal range. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The normal spleen shows a uniform echotexture similar to or slightly more hyperechoic than the liver or renal parenchyma. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • Chemoembolization (CE) for other indications including palliative treatment of liver metastases from other non-neuroendocrine primaries (e.g., breast cancer, cervical cancer, colon cancer, esophageal cancer, melanoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, or unknown primaries) and CE of the pancreas for pancreatic cancer. (aetna.com)
  • Intra-hepatic chemotherapy for other indications not listed above, including treatment of liver primaries or metastases from other primaries (e.g., breast) besides colorectal cancer. (aetna.com)
  • stenosis was considered to be symp- only 2 cases of isolated hydatid cyst of The patient's routine laboratory tests tomatic by the urologists and an open the round ligament of the liver have were normal and the echinococcosis surgical treatment was planned. (who.int)
  • This article reviews our experience and describes the literature findings of granulomatous diseases of the breast and axilla. (springer.com)
  • The diagnosis can, however, be made if there is relevant history (prior trauma, silicone breast implants, lactation), laboratory (systemic or infectious processes) and imaging findings (fistula, nipple retraction). (springer.com)
  • A review of 23 studies on AI for breast cancer screening (2010-2018) found that most were small, retrospective studies using cancer-enriched datasets and did not include a real-world external validation [ 10 ]. (springeropen.com)
  • Breast Care (2018) 13 (6): 413-418. (karger.com)
  • We report the case of a 52-year-old Caucasian woman who developed radiological signs of portal hypertension without radiological evidence of hepatic metastasis five years after being diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This case report demonstrates an unusual presentation of radiographically occult hepatic metastasis from breast cancer palliated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The small GTPase Rab4 as a target for breast cancer metastasis. (usherbrooke.ca)
  • Here, we reported a case of hemangioma of the skull in a breast cancer patient, which was misdiagnosed as skull metastasis and a review of the literature. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Intracerebral xenograft rat models of MDA231Br-GFP (breast cancer) brain metastasis and U87MG (glioblastoma) were used to histologically examine the tumor-brain interface and to test the efficacy of VCAM-1-targeted MRI in detecting this region. (figshare.com)
  • She did not have any history of nipple discharge or a family history of breast cancer. (springeropen.com)
  • The external morphology of the breast includes the nipple, the areola and the areola nodules. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • The nipple is an imprint of the skin of the breast that is just below and in the outer part of the middle of the breast. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Breast parenchyma consists mainly of lobes - the units inside of which milk is produced - and of pores that carry the milk to the nipple. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Palpable breast masses, mastalgia, and nipple discharge are commonly encountered symptoms in outpatient practice, causing significant patient anxiety and precipitating medical consultation. (aafp.org)
  • Nipple discharge is classified as pathologic if it is spontaneous, bloody, unilateral, or associated with a breast mass. (aafp.org)
  • Common breast problems include breast mass, pain, and nipple discharge. (aafp.org)
  • Breast cancer more often starts from the malfunctioning of milk-producing ducts (invasive ductal carcinoma). (jmir.org)
  • However, the breast being dense in younger women and fatty in older women is not a universal pattern. (iarc.fr)
  • Middle-aged women may have fatty breasts, and older women may have dense breasts. (iarc.fr)
  • Of 14 patients with no evidence of cancer at biopsy or surgery, 9 had true-negative (normal) scans and 5 had false-positive scans on MBI. (nih.gov)
  • A core biopsy also confirmed invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast. (ctsnet.org)
  • The role of US in the screening of specific groups of patients, such as those with mammographically dense breasts and those at high risk for breast carcinoma, is under investigation. (medscape.com)
  • Tumor bed showing positive vascularity or elasticity indicates residual breast cancer for patients showing near complete response on MRI following chemotherapy. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • male sex hormone which may be used to treat recurrent breast cancer by opposing the activity of estrogen. (thewomenofhope.org)
  • Nonetheless, it is statistically rare for a young woman to experience virginal mammary hypertrophy that results in massive, oversized breasts, and recurrent breast hypertrophy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Internally, the breast consists of the mammary or mass gland and the peritoneal fat. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Peritoneal fat is a continuation of the subcutaneous fat, but it is more abundant in the anterior region of the breast, between the skin and the mammary gland. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Results of the physical examination, including head, eye, ear, nose and throat (HEENT) and chest examination are normal. (cdc.gov)
  • Every woman, from the age of 20, should go through a breast self-examination at least once a month, and should visit her doctor for a clinical breast examination every 3 years. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Breast self-examination is the first and basic method of preventive breast checking and can be done very simply at home by the woman herself. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • When a palpable mass is found in the breast, the steps to be followed should be adapted to the age of the patient, the results of the examination and the risk factors. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • 2 , 3 , 5 Patients presenting with a palpable breast mass should be evaluated with a detailed history, clinical breast examination (CBE), and, for almost all women, imaging. (aafp.org)
  • Laboratory examination: The results of routine blood and urine examinations were normal, as were those of the biochemistry examination. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Constipation, dry skin, fatigue, presence of pubic hair and breast growth was also seen on examination. (suntextreviews.org)
  • A chest radiograph reveals, however, a noncalcified, noncavitary 3.5 centimeter (cm) mass located within the parenchyma adjacent to the right hilum. (cdc.gov)
  • Invasive lobular breast cancer (ILC) takes origin in the milk-producing glands of the breast and is the most common histological breast cancer after the ductal carcinoma (DC), accounting for 8-14% of cases [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • She was receiving chemotherapy for stage IV breast cancer initially thought to be metastatic only to the bones. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From a therapeutical point of view, breast cancer can be classified into: non-invasive carcinoma - locally-localized carcinoma with the possibility of exclusion by excision or not and recurrent or metastatic carcinoma. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • We report the case of a 67 year-old-woman who presented with gastrointestinal symptoms which revealed to be the clinical manifestations of peritoneal and retroperitoneal metastatic spread of an invasive lobular breast cancer diagnosed 15 years before. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Also the pattern of metastatic spread differs significantly between these 2 kinds of breast tumours, with a more common occurrence of unusual location of distant neoplastic foci, especially in the gastrointestinal tract, the genitourinary system and the peritoneum or retroperitoneum, secondary to ILC. (biomedcentral.com)
  • See Breast Lumps in Young Women: Diagnostic Approaches , a Critical Images slideshow, to help manage palpable breast lumps in young women. (medscape.com)
  • 2 , 3 The prevalence of cancer among women who report breast symptoms is estimated to be less than 10%, and those with breast lumps have a higher risk of malignancy than those with breast pain. (aafp.org)
  • Ultrasonography is the preferred imaging modality in women younger than 30 years with a palpable breast mass. (aafp.org)
  • Over 80 cases of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-negative anaplastic large cell lymphoma have been reported in patients with silicone breast implants and have been accepted as a new clinical entity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The genetic background of our patient with silicone breast implants might have predisposed her to three rare and difficult to diagnose syndromes/diseases: macrophage activation syndrome/hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, autoimmune/inflammatory syndrome induced by adjuvants, and intravascular large B-cell lymphoma. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Finally, a proof-of-concept approach toward imaging and therapy was chosen for 2 patients with metastasized breast cancer. (snmjournals.org)
  • Finally, PET/CT scans with 68 Ga-FAPI-04 in 2 patients with metastasized breast cancer revealed high tracer uptake in metastases and a reduction in pain symptoms after therapy with a considerably low dose of 90 Y-FAPI-04. (snmjournals.org)
  • Breast symptoms were reported in about 3% of all visits by female patients to family physicians. (aafp.org)
  • There is clinical and experimental evidence suggesting that antiprogestins might be used for the treatment of selected breast cancer patients. (oncotarget.com)
  • Originally, ultrasonography was primarily used as a relatively inexpensive and effective method of differentiating cystic breast masses from solid breast masses. (medscape.com)
  • From the literature, it can be found that heterogeneous breast densities make masses more challenging to detect and classify compared with calcifications. (jmir.org)
  • Breast masses are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. (aafp.org)
  • A woman develops large breasts usually during thelarche (the pubertal breast-development stage), but large breasts can also develop postpartum, after gaining weight, at menopause, and at any age. (wikipedia.org)
  • Additionally, nine cases of granulomatous lymphadenitis where found: six of which were secondary to granulomatous causes involving the breast (for example, silicone granuloma), one was idiopathic and one patient was diagnosed with cat-scratch disease. (springer.com)
  • In addition to reducing mortality, early detection through breast cancer screening also results in less invasive and aggressive therapy. (radiologykey.com)
  • Although some research projects have reported reasonable results from US breast screening, a number of serious issues need to be solved before the practice is recommended for general application. (medscape.com)
  • While the results of any one study must be interpreted cautiously, these data are consistent with the conclusion that this behavioral response to low prevalence could be a substantial contributor to miss errors in breast cancer screening. (googleapis.com)
  • Urinalysis results are normal. (cdc.gov)
  • 126 women and 1 men) with granulomatous disease of the breast, and their imaging results were available for review by both a fellowship-trained radiologist and breast-imaging consultant radiologist. (springer.com)
  • Based on a new study published online in the journal Radiology, tomosynthesis was found to be a highly effective digital tool for decreasing the recall rate in breast cancer screening. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • All age groups and breast densities had reduced risk for recall in the tomosynthesis group. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • Women with dense breasts and those younger than age 50 particularly benefited from tomosynthesis. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • Chemotherapy regimens and targeted therapies have markedly improved in the management of breast cancer. (e-ultrasonography.org)
  • The patient was a 50-year-old female who underwent surgery in 2004 for mucinous breast carcinoma of the right breast [T2N1M0 (IIb)], and received postoperative CMF (cyclophosphamide+methotrexate+fluorouracil) chemotherapy, radiotherapy with 50Gy and endocrinotherapy with tamoxifen for 5 years. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Despite efforts to develop novel therapeutic anticancer agents to block specific signaling pathways, chemotherapy is still the gold standard for advanced breast cancer treatment. (oncotarget.com)
  • Ultrasonography (US) has been playing an increasingly important role in the evaluation of breast cancer . (medscape.com)
  • I can, however, recommend that you see a surgical oncologist who treats breast diseases (if you haven't already), as they often have a good "feel" from experience for how to manage these type situations. (naturalbreastreconstruction.com)
  • We inserted 50 positive and 50 negative cases into the normal workflow of the breast cancer screening service of an urban hospital over the course of nine months. (googleapis.com)
  • 4 Assessment and workup of breast symptoms are distinct from and do not supplant recommendations for breast cancer screening. (aafp.org)
  • A 2021 systematic review concluded that currently there is insufficient evidence to support the implementation of AI in breast cancer screening [ 5 ]. (springeropen.com)
  • Researchers note that the data collected during the study offers insight into the limitations surrounding recall rates as a quality measure for breast cancer screening. (healthimaginghub.com)
  • The right thoracic wall was modified due to the prior radical mastectomy for the treatment of breast cancer and the right upper limb was free of edema. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The signs of breast cancer are often ambiguous and/or hard to see, with some proportion of errors attributable to the perceptual difficulty of the task. (googleapis.com)
  • 2 ,​ 3 ,​ 4 ,​ 10 Meta-analyses have confirmed this reduction in breast cancer mortality begins 5 to 7 years after the institution of mammographic screening programs. (radiologykey.com)
  • 12 Therefore, early breast cancer detection through mammographic screening programs both reduces breast cancer morality and improves treatment options. (radiologykey.com)
  • Breast screening readers are highly specialised roles requiring certification, a minimum annual read of 5000 screening mammograms and participation in quality assurance activities [ 11 ]. (springeropen.com)
  • This review aimed to survey both traditional ML and DL literature with particular application for breast cancer diagnosis. (jmir.org)
  • Although the DL methods show promising improvements in breast cancer diagnosis, there are still issues of data scarcity and computational cost, which have been overcome to a significant extent by applying data augmentation and improved computational power of DL algorithms. (jmir.org)
  • Early diagnosis of breast cancer is the golden rule. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • The use of US for screening for breast disease has not been generally recommended for high-risk women with dense breasts. (medscape.com)
  • The IARC statistics show that breast cancer accounts for 25% of all cancer cases diagnosed in women worldwide. (jmir.org)
  • Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in developing countries and the second leading cause of cancer death (following lung cancer) among women in developed countries. (jmir.org)
  • Pulmonary toxicity of thoracic conformal radiotherapy in women with breast cancer. (usp.br)
  • Objective: To study the effects caused by local and systemic adjuvant thoracic conformal radiotherapy in women with breast cancer, without risk factors prior to the development of pulmonary alterations. (usp.br)
  • Breast cancer concerns all women. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Each year in our country, there are approximately 4,500 new cases, and it is estimated that 1 in 8 women worldwide will experience breast cancer at some stage in their lives. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in the Western world. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • All women, after the age of 20, need to properly learn how to self-examine their breasts. (xepapadakis.gr)
  • Women presenting with a breast mass will require imaging and further assessment to exclude cancer. (aafp.org)
  • Human leukocyte antigen testing in all women who undergo silicon breast implantation could in the future enable us to better evaluate the risk of potential side effects. (biomedcentral.com)