Editoriali in Senologia / Editorials in Senology 

• "MRI should be considered an integral part of any surveillance program for women with a familial risk for breast cancer" - Christiane Kuhl, Department of Radiology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
• "The use of trastuzumab in the treatment of early breast cancer: results from the HERA trial" -  Daniela D. Rosa, Lissandra Dal Lago, Chantal Bernard and Martine J. Piccart, Medicine Department, Jules Bordet Institute, Brussels, Belgium
• "Sex hormone levels and breast cancer risk" - Mary S. Beattie, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA
• "Minute quantities of estrogen act as an apoptotic trigger in breast cancer cells resistant to estrogen deprivation" - V. Craig Jordan, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA
• "Second cancer after female breast cancer" - Lene Mellemkjær, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark 
• "Targeted ultrasound for detection and biopsy of breast MRI-detected lesions" - LeAnn Beran, Department of Surgery, Grant Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA
• "Chemioterapia adiuvante dose-dense nel trattamento del carcinoma della mammella" - Marco Venturini,  Institution of Oncologia Medica, Sperimentazioni Cliniche Controllate Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy
• "An increased risk of breast cancer in night workers may in part be mediated by the melatonin pathway" - Eva Schernhammer, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
• "'Real-life’ experience of fulvestrant from an Austrian centre involved in a Compassionate Use Programme" - Guenther G. Steger, Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
• "Additive interactions between bisphosphonates and ER antagonists in estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer cell lines" - Fabrice Journé, Jean-Jacques Body , Laboratory of Endocrinology and Bone Diseases, Institut Jules Bordet, Brussels, Belgium
• "Tumor gene expression profiles and risk of distant recurrence in breast cancer patients" - Melody A. Cobleigh, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago
• "Frequent use of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs and occurrence of breast cancer" - Elham Rahme, Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

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

• Peppercorn J et al.: "Standards for follow-up care of patients with breast cancer"
• Veronesi P et al.: "Sentinel lymph node biopsy for localised ductal carcinoma in situ?"
• Petit JY et al.: "When mastectomy becomes inevitable: The nipple-sparing approach"
• Orecchia R et al.: "Intraoperative electron beam radiotherapy (ELIOT) to the breast: A need for a quality assurance programme"

Documenti in Senologia / Documents in Senology

• “Istituzione Unità di Senologia - Breast Unit” - Giunta Regionale della Campania

Selezione della letteratura in Senologia / Literature Selection in Senology 

• de Bock GH et al.: "Isolated loco-regional recurrence of breast cancer is more common in young patients and following breast conserving therapy: Long-term results of European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer studies", Eur J Cancer. 2006 Feb;42(3):351-6
• Lee AH et al.: "Prognostic value of lymphovascular invasion in women with lymph node negative invasive breast carcinoma", Eur J Cancer. 2006 Feb;42(3):357-62
• Eaker S et al., The Uppsala/[Ouml ]rebro Breast Cancer Group (2006): "Differences in Management of Older Women Influence Breast Cancer Survival: Results from a Population-Based Database in Sweden",  PLoS Med 3(3): e25
• Kunos C et al.: "Breast Conservation Surgery Achieving >/= 2 mm Tumor-Free Margins Results in Decreased Local-Regional Recurrence Rates", Breast J. 2006 Jan-Feb;12(1):28-36
• Schernammer ES et al.: "Night work and risk of breast cancer", Epidemiology. 2006 Jan;17(1):108-11
• Wood CE et al.: "Dietary Soy Isoflavones Inhibit Estrogen Effects in the Postmenopausal Breast", Cancer Res 2006 Jan; 66(2): 1241-9
• Tao MH et al.: "Association of overweight with breast cancer survival", Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Jan 15;163(2):101-7
• Cortesi L et al.: "Prognosis of screen-detected breast cancers: results of a population based study", BMC Cancer. 2006 Jan 23;6(1):17 [Epub ahead of print]
• Murri AM et al.: "Evaluation of an inflammation-based prognostic score (GPS) in patients with metastatic breast cancer", Br J Cancer. 2006 Jan 10
• Tavani A et al.: "Consumption of sweet foods and breast cancer risk in Italy", Ann Oncol. 2006 Feb;17(2):341-345
• Kendall A et al.: "Caution: Vaginal estradiol appears to be contraindicated in postmenopausal women on adjuvant aromatase inhibitors", Ann Oncol, Advance Access published on January 27, 2006
• Harris RE et al.: "Reduction in the risk of human breast cancer by selective cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors", BMC Cancer 2006, 6:27

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

• 23rd Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, February 22 - 25, 2006, Miami Beach, F
• National Consortium of Breast Centers, 15th annual conference, March 12-15, 2006, Las Vegas
• 5th European Breast Cancer Conference, March 21 - 25, 2006, Nice, France

Editoriali in Oncologia / Editorials in Oncology 

• "Prostate cancer in men with PSA values below 4.0 ng/ml is common in a screening population" - Alexandre E. Pelzer, Department of Urology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria
• "The usefulness of PSA screening among healthy men" - John Concato, Clinical Epidemiology Research Center, Department of Veterans Affairs Connecticut Healthcare System, West Haven, Connecticut 
• "Prostate cancer patients and potential differences in outcomes according to the duration of androgen deprivation therapy" - Eric Berthelet, Vancouver Island Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• "Lymphoma development risk in various autoimmune disorders" - Elias Zintzaras, Department of Biomathematics, University of Thessaly School of Medicine, Larissa, Greece
• "Prognostic value of Alkaline Phosphatase in Adults  with Localised Osteosarcoma" - Jos Bramer, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital, Birmingham, UK; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
• "A risk-adapted treatment policy for clinical stage I seminoma" - Jorge Aparicio, Department of Medical Oncology,  Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain
• "Criteri prognostici per le lesioni ecografiche impalpabili del testicolo dell’adulto" - Luca Carmignani, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Urology Unit, University of Milan, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore di Milano, Italy
• "Linfadenectomia laparoscopica ed extraperitoneale per il trattamento delle neoplasie uterine" - Elio Cirese, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fatebenefratelli Isola Tiberina Hospital, Rome, Italy
• "The role of aggressive surgery in the treatment of ovarian cancer" - William A. Cliby, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
• "Neurotossicità dopo chemioterapia di prima linea con carboplatino-paclitaxel in pazienti con carcinoma ovarico"- Massimo Di Maio, Unità Sperimentazioni Cliniche, Istituto Nazionale Tumori di Napoli, Napoli, Italy
• "Mediastinal irradiation may affect diastolic function" - Paul Heidenreich, Cardiology Section, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Stanford University, Stanford, California
• "Radiotherapy for supratentorial low-grade glioma and cognitive function" - Paul Brown, Division of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
• "La sopravvivenza dei pazienti con tumore raro in Europa" - Gemma Gatta, Epidemiology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy

Comunicati stampa in Oncologia / Press Releases in Oncology

• "Point-of-care Test Proves More Effective For Recurrent Bladder Cancer Than
  Conventional Lab Test" - University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
• "HPV Testing A Cost-Effective Strategy For Women With Equivocal Cervical Screening Results" - Journal of the National Cancer Institute
• "Mobile phone use not linked to increased risk of brain tumours" - University of Leeds, UK

Conferenze e Video in Oncologia / Video and Lectures in Oncology (link)

• "Update on Prostate Cancer: Screening, Diagnosis & Treatment"  - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York

Linne guida cliniche / Clinical Guidelines (link)

• "Interventional  Procedure  Overview  of  High  Dose  Rate Brachytherapy For Prostate Cancer" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK

Selezione della letteratura in Oncologia / Literature Selection in Oncology 

• Smith RA et al.: "American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Early Detection of Cancer, 2006", CA Cancer J Clin 2006; 56:11-25
• van Akkooi AC et al.: "High positive sentinel node identification rate by EORTC melanoma group protocol Prognostic indicators of metastatic patterns after sentinel node biopsy in melanoma", Eur J Cancer. 2006 Feb;42(3):372-80
• Larsen IK et al.: "Lifestyle as a predictor for colonic neoplasia in asymptomatic individuals", BMC Gastroenterology 2006, 6:5
• Kulasingam SL et al.: "Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Based on the Atypical Squamous Cells of Undetermined Significance/Low-Grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion Triage Study (ALTS)", J Natl Cancer Inst 2006, Jan; 98 (2): 92-100
• Pelucchi C et al.: "Occupational silica exposure and lung cancer risk: a review of epidemiological studies 1996-2005", Ann Oncol. 2006 Jan 10; [Epub ahead of print]
• Pignata S et al.: "Residual neurotoxicity in ovarian cancer patients in clinical remission after first-line chemotherapy with carboplatin and paclitaxel: The Multicenter Italian Trial in Ovarian cancer (MITO-4) retrospective study", BMC Cancer. 2006 Jan 7;6(1):5 [Epub ahead of print]
• Hepworth SJ et al.: "Mobile phone use and risk of glioma in adults: case-control study", BMJ, doi:10.1136/bmj.38720.687975.55 (published 20 January 2006)
• Crane JM et al.: "Transvaginal Ultrasonography in the Prediction of Preterm Birth After Treatment for Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia", Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jan;107(1):37-44
• Shankar A et al.: "Association between circulating white blood cell count and cancer mortality: a population-based cohort study", Arch Intern Med. 2006 Jan 23;166(2):188-94
• Milazzo S et al.: "Efficacy of homeopathic therapy in cancer treatment", Eur J Cancer. 2006 Feb;42(3):282-9
• Kroger K et al.: "Risk factors for venous thromboembolic events in cancer patients", Ann Oncol. 2006 Feb;17(2):297-303
• Turrini O et al.: "Long term morbidity of neoadjuvant chemoradiation for pancreatic head adenocarcinoma", Eur J Surg Oncol. 2006 Feb;32(1):77-9.
• Chung P et al.: "Surveillance in stage I testicular seminoma", Urol Oncol. 2006 Jan-Feb; 24(1):75-9