Volume 3, Number 5A, October 2012 (Special Issue on Breast Cancer)

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Long-Term Trends in the Survival of Women with Endometrial Cancer in Canada: A Population-Based Study

Laurie Elit, Alice Lytwyn, Noori Akhtar-Danesh

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2012.325109  4,787 Downloads  6,926 Views   Citations

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Axillary Recurrences after Sentinel Node Surgery—Results over Ten Years in a University Hospital

Helle Eilertsen, Ellen Schlichting, Marianne Efskind Harr, Daehoon Park, Torill Sauer, Siri Larønningen, Rolf Kaaresen

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The Reliability of Assessment of Ki-67 Expression on Core Needle Biopsy and the Surgical Specimens of Invasive Breast Cancer: Comparison of Local Pathologists’ Assessment and Central Review

Yoshio Mizuno, Tsuneo Natori, Naoko Takeda, Junichi Yamada, Hiroaki Abe, Yuko Inoue, Hiroshi Seto, Kazuhiko Sato

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Clinicopathological Characteristics of Basal Type Breast Cancer in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

Goro Kutomi, Tousei Ohmura, Yasuyo Suzuki, Hidekazu Kameshima, Hiroaki Shima, Tomoko Takamaru, Fukino Satomi, Seiko Otokozawa, Mitsuru Mori, Koichi Hirata

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DOI: 10.4236/jct.2012.325106  5,957 Downloads  14,129 Views   Citations

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Nipple-Areola Sparing Mastectomy Followed by Immediate Breast Reconstruction in 126 Patients

Xianming Wang, Min Wang, Jinkun Liu, Weicai Chen, Huisheng Wu, Shufeng Song

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Intraoperative Open-Cavity Implant for Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using High-Dose Rate Multicatheter Brachytherapy in Japanese Breast Cancer Patients: A Single-Institution Registry Study

Kazuhiko Sato, Yoshio Mizuno, Masahiro Kato, Takahiro Shimo, Jun Kubota, Naoko Takeda, Yuko Inoue, Hiroshi Seto, Tomohiko Okawa

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Lymphangiogenesis as a Prognostic Marker in Breast Cancer Using D2-40 as Lymphatic Endothelial Marker—A Preliminary Study

Mumtaz A. Ansari, Vaibhav Pandey, Vivek Srivastava, Mohan Kumar, R. N. Mishra, Anand Kumar

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Breast Conserving Surgery and Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy under Local Anesthesia for Breast Cancer

Shinichiro Kashiwagi, Naoyoshi Onoda, Tsutomu Takashima, Yuka Asano, Naoki Aomatsu, Masanori Nakamura, Hidemi Kawajiri, Tetsuro Ishikawa, Kosei Hirakawa

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Novel Methods in the Study of the Breast Cancer Genome: Towards a Better Understanding of the Disease of Breast Cancer

Jian Li, Xue Lin, Nils Brünner, Huanming Yang, Lars Bolund

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Feelings and Spiritual Practices of Patients with Mastectomy: A Qualitative Study from Turkey

Gul Pinar

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Association between Overexpression of Her-2 and Other Clinicopathologic Prognostic Factors in Breast Cancer in Morocco

Zineb Bouchbika, Nadia Benchakroun, Amina Taleb, Hassan Jouhadi, Nezha Tawfiq, Souha Sahraoui, Abdellatif Benider

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Epidemiology and Histology Aspects of Breast Cancers of Women in Ivory Coast

Justin N’Dah Kouame, Emile Troh, Emmanuel Koffi Kouakou, Brahima Doukouré, Arthur Didier Kouame, Alain Didier Abouna, Benjamin Ahoua Effi, Mohenou I Diomandé

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Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment: Use of Platinum and Platinum Analogs

Manuela Fantini, Carlotta Santelmo, Fabrizio Drudi, Claudio Ridolfi, Eleonora Barzotti, Lorenzo Gianni, Valentina Arcangeli, Alessandra Affatato, Alberto Ravaioli

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Region of Treatment in Radiotherapy and Second Malignancies in Breast Cancer Patients

Wei Zhang, Aldo Becciolini, Annibale Biggeri, Paolo Pacini, Colin R. Muirhead

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The Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Mammary Neoplasms: A Brief Review

Leonardo Della Salda, Mariarita Romanucci

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Safety and Feasibility of Topical Application of Limonene as a Massage Oil to the Breast

Jessica A. Miller, Patricia A. Thompson, Iman A. Hakim, Ana Maria Lopez, Cynthia A. Thomson, Wade Chew, Chiu-Hsieh Hsu, H.-H. Sherry Chow

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CAG and GGN Repeat Length Polymorphisms of Androgen Receptor Gene in Women with Breast Cancer: A Case-Control Study from South India

Durgadatta Tosh, Bineet Panda, Tipirisetti Nageswar Rao, Arvind Babu, Vishnupriya Satti, Digumarti Raghnadharao, Lalji Singh, Lakshmi Rao

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Metabolic, Health and Lifestyle Profiling of Breast Cancer Radiotherapy Patients and the Risk of Developing Fatigue

R. Hugh Dunstan, Diane L. Sparkes, Christopher Wratten, James W. Denham, Johan Gottfries, Tim K. Roberts, Margaret M. Macdonald

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The Anti-Tumor Effect of a High Caloric Diet in the PyMT Mouse Breast Cancer Model Is Initiated by an Increase in Metabolic Rate

Linda C. Enns, Warren C. Ladiges

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The size of Metastasis in the Sentinel Node Is a Predictor of Additional Non-Sentinel Node Positivity

Todd A. Baker, Nitin Wadhwani, Prabha Rajan, Sharfi Sarker, Gerard Aranha, Margo Shoup, Holly Mattix-Kramer, Constantine Godellas

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Synthesis of Gemcitabine-(C₄-amide)-[anti-HER2/neu] Utilizing a UV-Photoactivated Gemcitabine Intermediate: Cytotoxic Anti-Neoplastic Activity against Chemotherapeutic-Resistant Mammary Adenocarcinoma SKBr-3

Cody P. Coyne, Toni Jones, Ryan Bear

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The Relationship between Workplace Stressors and Job Strain with Psychological Distress among Employed Malaysian Breast Cancer Survivors

Heng Weay Yong, Hashim Zailina, Jamil O. Zubaidah, Moin Saidi

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Deep Inspiration Breath Hold Reduces Dose to the Left Ventricle and Proximal Left Anterior Descending Artery during Radiotherapy for Left-Sided Breast Cancers

Lesley A. Jarvis, Peter G. Maxim, Kathleen C. Horst

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Meta-Analysis: ¹⁸F-FDG PET or PET/CT for the Evaluation of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Locally Advanced Breast Cancer

Yun Xi, Min Zhang, Rui Guo, Miao Zhang, Jiajia Hu, Biao Li

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Mammographic Findings Associated with Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation Using Single Fraction Intraoperative Radiotherapy

Kathleen C. Horst, Debra M. Ikeda, Katherine E. Fero, Jafi A. Lipson, Sunita Pal, Don R. Goffinet, Frederick M. Dirbas

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p53 Expression in Triple Negative Breast Carcinomas: Evidence of Age-Related and Racial Differences

Simone Davion, Megan Sullivan, Stephen Rohan, Kalliopi P. Siziopikou

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