Publications

“From bench to bedside”: the clinical significance of BRCA1 gene hypermethylation in breast cancer is a matter of debate. Dr. Maria Luisa Gasparri, Prof. Thorsten Kuehn, Dr. Oreste Gentilini et al. analyzed all available data reporting clinical characteristics of BRCA1 gene hypermethylated breast cancer in women, and found a significant correlation with advanced breast cancer disease, lymph nodes involvement, and pre-menopausal cancer onset in this subset of breast cancer patients.

Despite surgical de-escalation, axillary lymphadenectomy cannot be avoided in some cases. When performed, it may be associated with significant lymphatic morbidity. In this scenario, Dr. Maria Luisa Gasparri, Prof. Thorsten Kuehn, Dr. Oreste Gentilini et al. recently published a meta-analysis evaluating the efficacy of one of the strategies under investigation used to prevent lymphatic morbidity after axillary dissection. Enjoy reading!

Changes in breast cancer management during the Corona Virus

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Link Original Article in "THE BREAST"

The survey was supported by:

European Breast Cancer Research Association of Surgical Trialists (Eubreast)
European Society of Mastology (EUSOMA)
Associazione Nazionale Italiana Senologi Chirurghi (ANISC)
British Association of Breast Surgeons (ABS)
Oncoplastic Breast Consortium (OPBC)
Association for Gynecological Oncology / Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gynaekolocische Onkologie (AGO)
Scuola Italiana di Senologia
Collegio dei Senologi Italiani
Società Svizzera di Senologia/Schweizerische Gesellschaft fuer Senologie/ Societè suisse de Senologie
Polish Society of Surgical Oncology
Central Eastern European Breast Cancer Surgical Consortium (CEEBCSC)
German Cancer Association / Deutsches Krebsgesellschaft
Hellenic Breast Surgical Society
Russian Association of Oncological Mammology
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