Editoriali in Senologia / Editorials in Senology 

• "Should Mammography be offered as a screening tool to women aged 40-49?" - Sophie Helme, Kefah Mokbel, Breast Unit, St George's Hospital, Tooting, London, UK
• "Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for breast cancer decreases acute skin toxicity" - Gary Freedman, Department of Radiation Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA 
• "Key factors identified to allow cancer patients to die at home" - Barbara Gomes, Irene Higginson , The Cicely Saunders Foundation and Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation at King’s College London, UK
• "Mouse mammary tumour virus (MMTV) antibodies in women with breast cancer" - James J. Goedert, Viral Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
• "Risk of compromised margins following breast conservation for invasive lobular carcinoma" - Mary Dillon, Department of Surgery, St Vincent’s University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
• "Melatonin could exert antitumoral effects on hormone-dependent mammary tumors" -  Emilio J. Sánchez-Barceló, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Santander, Spain
• "Ovarian function protection during adjuvant chemotherapy.in premenopausal women with early breast carcinoma" - Francesco Recchia, Unità Operativa di Oncologia, Ospedale Civile di Avezzano, Avezzano, Italy
• "Impact of familial risk factors on management and survival of women with early-onset breast cancer" - Helena M Verkooijen, Christine Bouchardy, Geneva Cancer Registry, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Geneva University, Switzerland
• "Use of the antidepressant sertraline for management of hot flashes" - Gretchen G. Kimmick, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
• "Durata ottimale del trattamento adiuvante con tamoxifene" - Miriam Valentini, Dipartimento di Farmacologia Clinica e Epidemiologia, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, Italy
• "Effects of specialisation on the management of screen-detected breast cancers" - Prue Allgood, East of England Screening Quality Assurance, Compass House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, UK

Comunicati stampa in Senologia / Press Releases in Senology

• "Breast symmetry can be early indicator of breast cancer" - University of Liverpool, UK

Pubblicazioni in Senologia / Publications in Senology

• "Il tumore al seno. Prevenire, curare, vivere" - Editore Editree, Monza

Selezione di abstracts dalla rivista  "The Breast"  / Selected abstracts from "The Breast" (with permission from Elsevier)

• Lumachi F et al.: "Relationship between prognostic factors of breast cancer and ^99mTc-sestamibi uptake in patients who underwent scintimammography: Multivariate analysis of causes of false-negative results"
• Cipolla C et al.: "Validity of needle core biopsy in the histological characterisation of mammary lesions"
• Hanavadi S et al.: "Is mammography overused in male patients?"
• Hikino H et al.: "Potential role of chemo-radiation with oral capecitabine in a breast cancer patient with central nervous system relapse"

Selezione della letteratura in Senologia / Literature Selection in Senology 

• Brekelmans CT et al.: "Survival and prognostic factors in BRCA1-associated breast cancer", Ann Oncol. 2006 Mar;17(3):391-400
• Kroenke CH et al.: "Social networks, social support, and survival after breast cancer diagnosis", J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 1;24(7):1105-11
• Ancoli-Israel S et al.: "Fatigue, sleep, and circadian rhythms prior to chemotherapy for breast cancer", Support Care Cancer. 2006 Mar;14(3):201-9
• Darbre PD et al.: "Environmental oestrogens, cosmetics and breast cancer", Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006 Mar;20(1):121-43
• Porter GA et al.: "Effect of obesity on presentation of breast cancer", Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Mar; 13(3):327-32
• Bartella L et al.: "Nonpalpable mammographically occult invasive breast cancers detected by MRI", AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2006 Mar;186(3):865-70
• Leidenius MH et al.: "The clinical value of parasternal sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer", 
  Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Mar;13(3):321-6
• Wong JS et al.: "Prospective study of wide excision alone for ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast", J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 1;24(7):1031-6
• Chen PY et al.: "Long-term cosmetic results and toxicity after accelerated partial-breast irradiation: a method of radiation delivery by interstitial brachytherapy for the treatment of early-stage breast carcinoma", Cancer. 2006 Mar 1;106(5):991-9
• Hughes SJ et al.: "A Rapid, Fully Automated, Molecular-Based Assay Accurately Analyzes Sentinel Lymph Nodes for the Presence of Metastatic Breast Cancer", Ann Surg. 2006 Mar; 243 (3):389-398
• Domchek SM et al.: "Mortality after bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a prospective cohort study", Lancet Oncol. 2006 Mar;7(3):223-9
• Perlet C et al.: "Magnetic resonance-guided, vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: results from a European multicenter study of 538 lesions", Cancer. 2006 Mar 1;106(5):982-90
• Narod S et al.: "Screening mammography and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a case-control study", Lancet Oncology DOI:10.1016/S1470-2045(06)70624-6
• Anderson K et al.: "Cost-Effectiveness of Preventive Strategies for Women with a BRCA1 or a BRCA2 Mutation", Ann Intern Med.2006; 144: 397-406
• Nelson RS et al.: "Twenty-year outcome following central duct resection for bloody nipple discharge", 
  Ann Surg. 2006 Apr;243(4):522-4

Prossimi Eventi Senologici internazionali e nazionali / Calendar of Events in Senology 

• The American Society of Breast Surgeons 7th Annual Meeting, April 5 - April 9, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland
• 30th Anniversary Symposium of the American Society of Breast Disease, April 27 - 29, 2006, Las Vegas, NV
• Sixth Annual New Strategies in Breast Cancer Conference, April 28 - 29, 2006, Philadelphia, PA
• Problems in Breast Pathology,  May 6, 2006, Malta
• Carcinoma mammario operabile: linee guida, saggezza clinica e decisioni di terapia medica - Fondazione Michelangelo, Istituto Nazionale per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori, Milano, 15 Maggio 2006
• 6th Nordic Mammography Screening Symposium, May 18 - May 20, 2006, Copenhagen - Denmark

Editoriali in Oncologia / Editorials in Oncology 

• "Partial nephrectomy for small renal tumors" - Brent K. Hollenbeck, Department of Urology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• "One cycle of neoadjuvant chemotherapy can help select patients with locally advanced laryngeal cancer who would best be treated with organ-preserving therapy" - Susan Urba, Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan 
• "Role of the transurethral resection of the prostate together with biopsies of the peripheral zone in the diagnosis of prostate cancer after repeated negative transrectal biopsies and increasing PSA levels" - Angelo Naselli, Urology Unit, Department of Surgical Oncology, National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy
• "Rimuovere completamente il tumore prostatico salvaguardando la integrità delle strutture adiacenti" - Francesco Montorsi, Dipartimento di Urologia, Università Vita Salute San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
• "Anticipazione diagnostica di forme meno aggressive a successivi passaggi di screening per il tumore prostatico" - Stefano Ciatto, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze, Italy
• "Hearing loss after cisplatin therapy in non-small-cell lung carcinoma patients" - Jeany Rademaker-Lakhai, Netherlands Cancer Institute/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Hospital and Department of Audiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• "Loud noise exposure is a risk factor for acoustic neuroma" - Colin Edwards, Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
• "I cambiamenti nell'epidemiologia del mieloma multiplo nel corso degli ultimi decenni" - Patrizia Zappasodi, Division of Hematology, IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy

Comunicati stampa in Oncologia / Press Releases in Oncology

• "Le tendenze dei tumori negli adolescenti e nei giovani adulti" - Istat - Istituto Nazionale di Statistica
• "Chemotherapy Pumped Directly to the Liver Improves Survival for Patients with Colorectal Cancer That Has Spread to the Liver" - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York
• "Researchers Discover a Unique Molecular Profile for Lung Cancer" - National Institutes of Health (NIH), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
• "Drug that Switches on Genes Improves Myelodysplastic Syndrome Treatment" - University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
• "Sometimes No Treatment is the Right Option for Low-Risk Prostate Cancer. New Study to Explore if Low-Risk Patients Can Avoid or Postpone Therapy Safely and Effectively" - University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
• "FDA Approves New Imaging System to Help Detect Cervical Pre-Cancer" - U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health & Human Services
• "Two new studies reveal benefits of laparoscopic surgery for uterine cancer" - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Linee guida cliniche / Clinical Guidelines (link)

• "Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) on Erythropoietin for anaemia induced by cancer treatment" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK

Selezione della letteratura in Oncologia / Literature Selection in Oncology 

• Sotelo J et al.: "Adding chloroquine to conventional treatment for glioblastoma multiforme: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial", Ann Intern Med 2006 Mar 7;144(5):337-43
• Shahinian VB et al.: "Risk of the "androgen deprivation syndrome" in men receiving androgen deprivation for prostate cancer", Arch Intern Med. 2006 Feb 27;166(4):465-71
• Karagas MR et al.: "Human Papillomavirus Infection and Incidence of Squamous Cell and Basal Cell Carcinomas of the Skin", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Mar 15; 98(6):389-95
• Loeb S et al.: "Pathological characteristics of prostate cancer detected through prostate specific antigen based screening", J Urol. 2006 Mar;175(3 Pt 1):902-6
• Kroll ME et al.: "Childhood leukemia incidence in Britain, 1974-2000: time trends and possible relation to influenza epidemics", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Mar 15;98(6):417-20
• Chen MS et al.: "A Prospective Randomized Trial Comparing Percutaneous Local Ablative Therapy and Partial Hepatectomy for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma", Ann Surg. 2006 Mar;243 (3): 321-328
• De Ruysscher D et al.: "Time between the first day of chemotherapy and the last day of chest radiation is the most important predictor of survival in limited-disease small-cell lung cancer", J Clin Oncol. 2006 Mar 1;24(7):1057-63
• Thorne S et al.: "Synergistic Antitumor Effects of Immune Cell-Viral Biotherapy", Science 2006 March;. 31, 5768: 1780 - 1784