Literature Selection / Selezione della Letteratura

• Lehman CD et al.: "MRI evaluation of the contralateral breast in women with recently diagnosed breast cancer", N Engl J Med 2007; 356:1295-1303
• Ciatto S et al.: "Breast imaging and needle biopsy in women with clinically evident breast cancer: Does combined imaging change overall diagnostic sensitivity?", Breast. 2007 Mar 8; [Epub ahead of print]
• Barron TI et al.: "Early discontinuation of tamoxifen: a lesson for oncologists", Cancer. 2007 Mar 1;109(5):832-9
• Sardanelli F et al.: "Multicenter comparative multimodality surveillance of women at genetic-familial high risk for breast cancer (HIBCRIT study): interim results", Radiology. 2007 Mar;242(3):698-715
• Gilligan MA et al.: "Relationship between number of breast cancer operations performed and 5-year survival after treatment for early-stage breast cancer"; Am J Public Health. 2007 Mar; 97(3):539-44
• Coldman A et al.: "Breast cancer mortality after screening mammography in British Columbia women", Int J Cancer. 2007 Mar 1;120(5):1076-80
• Veronesi U et al.: "A comparative study on the value of FDG-PET and sentinel node biopsy to identify occult axillary metastases", Ann Oncol. 2007 Mar;18(3):473-478
• Gentilini O et al.: "When can a second conservative approach be considered for ipsilateral breast tumour recurrence?", Ann Oncol. 2007 Mar;18(3):468-72
• Waljee JF et al.: "Decision aids and breast cancer: do they influence choice for surgery and knowledge of treatment options?", J Clin Oncol. 2007 Mar 20;25(9):1067-73

Editorial / Editoriale

• "Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Survivors of Breast Cancer" - Maartje J. Hooning,  Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC, Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, Rotterdam, The  Netherlands

"With respect to the conclusions of our study, we should make a distinction between patients treated in the past and patients of the present. For patients treated in the 1970s/1980s we found moderately increased risk of myocardial infarction, angina pectoris and congestive heart failure in comparison with the general female population in the Netherlands. Risk of heart disease depended on the type of treatment received. In general, irradiated patients experienced higher risk of cardiac disease than patients who underwent surgery only. Speaking in absolute numbers: if we would follow 1000 women from our study for 10 years, we would have expected 215 cardiac events to occur (based on incidence rates of the Dutch population) while we found 70 more events among the irradiated breast cancer patients, a 33% increase in risk. Our advice to women who had radiotherapy during the "higher risk" years would be to control and/or treat any existing cardiovascular risk factors, like high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, hypercholesterolemia, and of course, to stop smoking.
We cannot simply translate the results of our study to the treatment regimens of today's practice. Over the past years new techniques have been developed to treat target volumes more precisely and to spare normal tissues more effectively. With "Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy" the target organ is optimally irradiated by making use of varying intensity of radiation, while the surrounding tissues will be spared. "Image Guided Radiotherapy" enables us to depict the target organ plus surrounding tissues directly. Whether treatment with modern techniques will prevent all late cardiac toxicity, must be evaluated in another 15 - 20 years." . (Comment on paper: Hooning MJ et al.: "Long-term risk of cardiovascular disease in 10-year survivors of breast cancer", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Mar 7;99(5):365-75)

Clinical Guidelines / Linee guida cliniche (link)

• "American Cancer Society Guidelines for Breast Screening with MRI as an Adjunct to Mammography" - CA Cancer J Clin 2007; 57:75-89

Video and Lectures / Conferenze e Video (link)

• 2007 Miami Breast Cancer Conference - Video presentations - www.cancerconf.com

Press Releases / Comunicati stampa  

• "Study questions "cancer stem cell" hypothesis in breast cancer" - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA

Calendar of Events / Prossimi Eventi Senologici

• 31st Annual Symposium of the American Society of Breast Disease - April 12-14, 2007, San Francisco, CA, USA
• Seventh Annual New Strategies in Breast Cancer Conference - Apr 13 - 14, 2007, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• 1st Interconference Breast Cancer Meeting, 19-22 April, 2007, Sarajevo - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Literature Selection / Selezione della Letteratura

• Stattin P et al.: "Prospective study of hyperglycemia and cancer risk", Diabetes Care. 2007 Mar;30(3):561-7
• Bach PB and al.: "Computed tomography screening and lung cancer outcomes", JAMA. 2007 Mar 7;297(9):953-61
• New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project Investigators: "CT Screening for Lung Cancer: Diagnoses Resulting from the New York Early Lung Cancer Action Project", Radiology 2007;243:239-249
• van Meerbeeck JP et al.: "Randomized controlled trial of resection versus radiotherapy after induction chemotherapy in stage IIIA-N2 non-small-cell lung cancer", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007 Mar 21;99(6):442-50
• Austin GL et al.: "A diet high in fruits and low in meats reduces the risk of colorectal adenomas", J Nutr. 2007 Apr;137(4):999-1004
• Rostom A et al.: "Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors for Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review Prepared for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force", Ann Intern Med. 2007 Mar 6;146(5):376-89
• Lurie G et al.: "Association of estrogen and progestin potency of oral contraceptives with ovarian carcinoma risk", Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;109(3):597-607
• Bruno B et al.: "A comparison of allografting with autografting for newly diagnosed myeloma", N Engl J Med. 2007 Mar 15;356(11):1110-20
• Aleman BM et al.: "Late cardiotoxicity after treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma", Blood. 2007 Mar 1;109(5):1878-86
• Bonnet C et al.: "CHOP alone compared with CHOP plus radiotherapy for localized aggressive lymphoma in elderly patients: a study by the Groupe d'Etude des Lymphomes de l'Adulte", J Clin Oncol. 2007 Mar 1;25(7):787-92
• Hijiya N et al.: "Cumulative incidence of secondary neoplasms as a first event after childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia", JAMA. 2007 Mar 21;297(11):1207-15
• Tewari A et al.: "Long-term survival in men with high grade prostate cancer: a comparison between conservative treatment, radiation therapy and radical prostatectomy - a propensity scoring approach", J Urol. 2007 Mar;177(3):911-5
• Marks LS et al.: "PCA3 Molecular Urine Assay for Prostate Cancer in Men Undergoing Repeat Biopsy", Urology. 2007 Mar;69(3):532-5
• International Agency for Research on Cancer Working Group on artificial ultraviolet (UV) light and skin cancer "The association of use of sunbeds with cutaneous malignant melanoma and other skin cancers: A systematic review", Int J Cancer. 2007 Mar 1;120(5):1116-22

Video and Lectures / Conferenze e Video (link)

• "An Update on Genetic Testing and Cancer Risk Counseling" - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Press Releases / Comunicati Stampa

• "Colon Cancer Survival Linked To Number of Lymph Nodes Examined" - University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
• "PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers that Require Surgery" - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA
• "Obesity at the time of prostate-cancer diagnosis dramatically increases the risk of dying from the disease" - Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
• "FDA Strengthens Safety Information for Erythropoiesis-Stimulating Agents (ESAs)" - U.S. Food and Drug Administration

• "Radiofrequency-assisted liver resection: Guidance" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK
• "Microwave ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma: Guidance" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK

Literature Selection / Selezione della Letteratura

• Gunderson EP et al.: "Lactation and changes in maternal metabolic risk factors", Obstet Gynecol. 2007 Mar;109(3):729-38 - In donne che hanno portato a termine una gravidanza, l'allattamento al seno migliora il quadro metabolico generale  e può ridurre il rischio di sviluppare nel tempo malattie cardiovascolari e del metabolismo 
• Rasmussen KM: "Association of Maternal Obesity Before Conception with Poor Lactation Performance", Annu Rev Nutr. 2007 Mar 6; [Epub ahead of print] - Nelle donne l'eccesso ponderale prima del concepimento determina effetti negativi sulla successiva lattazione
• Newall AT et al.: "Cost-effectiveness analyses of human papillomavirus vaccination", Lancet Infect Dis. 2007 Apr;7(4):289-96 - La vaccinazione estensiva contro i ceppi oncogenici di HPV presenta probabilmente un favorevole rapporto rischio-beneficio, ma esistono ancora aree di incertezza, meritevoli di ulteriori approfondimenti