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Literature Selection

• Harris HR et al.: "Vitamin C intake and breast cancer mortality in a cohort of Swedish women", Br J Cancer. 2013 Jun 4 [Epub ahead of print]
• Tworoger SS et al.: "A 20-year prospective study of plasma prolactin as a risk marker of breast cancer development", Cancer Res. 2013 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]
• Lie JA et al.: "Breast Cancer Among Nurses: Is the Intensity of Night Work Related to Hormone Receptor Status?", Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
• Ergun M et al.: "Effects of exercise on angiogenesis and apoptosis-related molecules, quality of life, fatigue and depression in breast cancer patients", Eur J Cancer Care (Engl). 2013 Jun 3 [Epub ahead of print]
• Lagiou P et al.: "A comparison of hormonal profiles between breast cancer and benign breast disease: a case-control study", Ann Oncol. 2013 Jun 6. [Epub ahead of print]
• Rawashdeh MA et al.: "Markers of Good Performance in Mammography Depend on Number of Annual Readings", Radiology. 2013 Jun 4. [Epub ahead of print]
• Lemieux J et al.: "Alcohol and HER2 Polymorphisms as Risk Factor for Cardiotoxicity in Breast Cancer Treated with Trastuzumab", Anticancer Res. 2013 Jun;33(6):2569-76
• Zurrida S et al.: "High Ki67 predicts unfavourable outcomes in early breast cancer patients with a clinically clear axilla who do not receive axillary dissection or axillary radiotherapy", Eur J Cancer. 2013 Jun 15 [Epub ahead of print]
• Evans DG et al.: "Contralateral mastectomy improves survival in women with BRCA1/2-associated breast cancer", Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2013 Jun 20. [Epub ahead of print]
• Linthorst M et al.: "Re-irradiation and hyperthermia after surgery for recurrent breast cancer", Radiother Oncol. 2013 Jun 3 [Epub ahead of print]
• Yu Ji et al.: "Prophylactic Supraclavicular Radiotherapy after Surgery in High-Risk N1 Breast Cancer", Oncology. 2013 Jun 21;85(1):14-20. [Epub ahead of print]

Questions and Answers 

• Breast Cancer Workshop Summary - with Bryan Schneider, Indiana University Melvin and Bren Simon Cancer Center, Indianapolis, IN, USA
• Breast Cancer Workshop Summary - with Linnea Chap, Beverly Hills Cancer Center, Beverly Hills, CA, USA

Discussion

•   "Axillary lymph node dissection and axillary radiotherapy after a positive sentinel node biopsy provide excellent and comparable regional control " -  Share your opinion on LinkedIn

Fragments of History

• 1997 - Umberto Veronesi, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy - "In the large majority of patients with breast cancer, lymphoscintigraphy and gamma-probe-guided surgery can be used to locate the sentinel node in the axilla, and thereby provide important information about the status of axillary nodes. Patients without clinical involvement of the axilla should undergo sentinel-node biopsy routinely, and may be spared complete axillary dissection when the sentinel node is disease-free ". (Veronesi U et al.: "Sentinel-node biopsy to avoid axillary dissection in breast cancer with clinically negative lymph-nodes2, Lancet. 1997 Jun 28;349(9069):1864-7)

Calendar of Events

• 2013 Breast Cancer Symposium, September 7-9, 2013, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Ninth Scientific Meeting of the Australasian Society for Breast Disease, September 12-14, 2013, Cairns Convention Centre, Queensland, Australia
• 3rd World Congress on Cancer Science & Therapy, October 21-23, 2013,  San Francisco, CA, USA - in partnership with Senology
• 9th Meet the Professor. Advanced International Breast Cancer Conference (AIBCC), November 11-13, Padova, Italy - under the Patronage of Senology
• Update in Breast Imaging, 22-23 November, Ostend, Belgium

FOCUS ON   Breast MRI is essential for correct surgical decision-making in patients with breast cancer - in collaboration with Bracco Imaging In women with suspected breast cancer the aim of diagnostic imaging is to detect and accurately diagnose malignant tumors and to facilitate the correct choice of therapy, be it mastectomy or breast-conserving surgery with or without pre-operative neoadjuvant chemotherapy. Although conventional mammography and ultrasound are primary imaging modalities for women with breast cancer they have limited sensitivity and specificity, and are associated with an increased likelihood of inappropriate patient management if therapeutic decisions are made solely on the basis of mammography and ultrasound findings. (read more)

Literature Selection

• Hudson MM et al.: "Clinical ascertainment of health outcomes among adults treated for childhood cancer", JAMA. 2013 Jun 12;309(22):2371-81
• Singh S et al.: "Statins Are Associated With Reduced Risk of Esophageal Cancer, Particularly in Patients With Barrett's Esophagus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis", Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Jun;11(6):620-9
• Hassan C et al.: "Computed tomographic colonography for colorectal cancer screening: Risk factors for the detection of advanced neoplasia", Cancer. 2013 Jun 10 [Epub ahead of print]
• Nishihara R et al.: "Aspirin use and risk of colorectal cancer according to BRAF mutation status", JAMA. 2013 Jun 26;309(24):2563-71
• Shaw AT et al.: "Crizotinib versus Chemotherapy in Advanced ALK-Positive Lung Cancer", N Engl J Med. 2013 Jun 1. [Epub ahead of print]
• Mazières J et al.: "Lung Cancer That Harbors an HER2 Mutation: Epidemiologic Characteristics and Therapeutic Perspectives", J Clin Oncol. 2013 Jun 1;31(16):1997-2003
• Robinson D et al.: "Use of 5α-reductase inhibitors for lower urinary tract symptoms and risk of prostate cancer in Swedish men: nationwide, population based case-control study", BMJ. 2013 Jun 18;346:f3406

Editorial

•  "Risk for stomach cancer after radiation therapy for cervical cancer" -  Ruth A. Kleinerman , Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
   
  “We conducted a case-control study of 201 cases and 378 controls among 53,547 5-year survivors of cervical cancer diagnosed from 1943 to 1995. More than 90% of women received radiation therapy, mostly with external beam therapy in combination with brachytherapy.  We estimated individual radiation doses to the site of the stomach cancer for all cases and to corresponding sites for the matched controls. Our study showed for the first time a significant linear radiation dose-response relationship for risk of stomach cancer in long-term survivors of cervical cancer”.
  (Commentary on:  Kleinerman RA et al.: “Radiation Dose and Subsequent Risk for Stomach Cancer in Long-term Survivors of Cervical Cancer”, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2013 May 22)

Questions and Answers 

• Leukemia Workshop Summary - with Jennifer Brown, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA  
• Lung Cancer Workshop Summary - with Garrett Walsh, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
• Stomach Cancer Workshop Summary -  with Manish Shah, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
• Melanoma Workshop Summary - with Igor Puzanov, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
• Melanoma Workshop Summary - with Omid Hamid, The Angeles Clinic and Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA

 Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy  

• The Journal of Cancer Science & Therapy has released its latest issue - in collaboration with Senology - Volume 5 Issue 4

Literature Selection

• Lee JK et al.: "Mild obesity, physical activity, calorie intake, and the risks of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia and cervical cancer", PLoS One. 2013 Jun 12;8(6):e66555