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Male Breast Cancer: A Study on Clinical and Biological Characteristics from a P...
Pereira, João Alberto; Peleteiro, Bárbara; Fougo, José LuisIntroduction: To describe the clinical and biological characteristics of breast carcinoma in men, to compare with the characteristics observed in women and to evaluate the results of the treatment. Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted involving all male patients with breast carcinoma treated between 2000 and 2022 at the Breast Center of the Unidade Local de Saúde de São João, Porto, Portugal. A 3:1 r...
Treatment and outcomes in breast cancer patients: a cross section study from th...
Aristei, Cynthia; Tomatis, Mariano; Ponti, Antonio; Marotti, Lorenza; Cardoso, Maria-Joao; Cheung, Kwok Leung; Curigliano, Giuseppe; De Vries, JakobIntroduction: The present study was designed to describe tumour features and treatments for patients with breast cancer. It also aimed at assessing the risk of distant metastases in relation to biological profiles, disease stages and treatment. Methods: Data were analysed from 81,882 patients in the EUSOMA database (disease stages at diagnosis 0-IV; median age 61 years; range 20-100 years). All patients were tr...
The impact of the Sentinel Node concept on the overall survival, disease-free s...
Fougo, José Luis; Dinis-Ribeiro, Mário; Dias, Teresa; Castro, Fernando; Reis, Paulo; Giesteira, Laurinda; Araújo, CláudiaIntroduction and aims: The Sentinel Node (SN) concept emerged as a way to improve Breast Cancer (BC) staging and to reduce the morbidity of the Axillary Dissection (AD). But the influence of the SN concept on long term BC outcomes is not well defined. The aim of this work is to assess the impact of the SN concept on the overall and disease-free survival and on the axillary recurrence, in a prospectively control...