Editoriali in Senologia / Editorials in Senology 

• "Is Wide Excision Alone Sufficient for Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS)?" - Julia Wong, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
• "Overexpression of HER-2/neu in primary breast cancer and metastases to the sentinel lymph nodes" - David Nathanson, Department of Surgery, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• "Complete Excision of Primary Breast Tumor in Women Diagnosed with a Breast Cancer already Metastasized" - Elisabetta Rapiti, Geneva Cancer Registry, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• "Breast cancer in elderly patients" - Ella Evron, Institute of Oncology, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin, Israel
• "Metaplastic breast carcinoma" - J. David Beatty, Breast Cancer Program, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
• "Genetic factors may play a large role in explaining variation in the mammographic areas of both dense and nondense tissue in the breast" - Jennifer Stone, Centre for Molecular Environmental Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia 
• "Breast cancer risk  in female radiologic technologists" - Michele Doody, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
• "The importance of radiation therapy for older women with early breast cancer" - Benjamin D. Smith, Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT, USA
• "Estradiol and its metabolites are genotoxic in human breast epithelial cells" - Jose Russo, Breast Cancer Research Laboratory, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• "Radiotherapy schedules in women with invasive breast cancer can be greatly simplified" - John Yarnold, Department of Radiotherapy, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
  

Linee guida cliniche in Senologia / Clinical Guidelines in Senology (link)

• "NICE issues draft guidance on trastuzumab (Herceptin) for early breast cancer" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK

Comunicati stampa in Senologia / Press Releases in Senology (link)

• "Participating in Yoga During Treatment for Breast Cancer Improves Quality of Life" - The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
• "Cancer-Reducing Benefits of Preventive Surgery May Be Specific to Gene Mutation" - Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, USA

Controversie in Senologia / Controversies in Senology

• "La legge sulle Breast Unit della Regione Campania: the end of the beginning or the beginning of the end?" - Francesco Ascione, UO Senologia ASL CE2, Caserta, Italy
• "Non credo che in Senologia il modello della Breast Unit sia indispensabile" - Stefano Ciatto, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Centro per lo Studio e la Prevenzione Oncologica, Firenze, Italy

Selezione della letteratura in Senologia / Literature Selection in Senology 

• Truong PT et al.: "Radiotherapy omission after breast-conserving surgery is associated with reduced breast cancer-specific survival in elderly women with breast cancer", Am J Surg. 2006 Jun;191(6):749-755
• Katz A et al.: "Sentinel lymph node positivity of patients with ductal carcinoma in situ or microinvasive breast cancer", Am J Surg. 2006 Jun;191(6):761-6
• Modesitt SC et al.: "Adverse Impact of a History of Violence for Women With Breast, Cervical, Endometrial, or Ovarian Cancer", Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Jun;107(6):1330-1336
• Woodward WA et al.: "Supraclavicular radiation for breast cancer does not increase the 10-year risk of stroke", Cancer. 2006 Jun 15;106(12):2556-62
• Pierce LJ et al.: "Ten-year multi-institutional results of breast-conserving surgery and radiotherapy in BRCA1/2-associated stage I/II breast cancer", J Clin Oncol. 2006 Jun 1;24(16):2437-43
• Stout NK et al.: "Retrospective cost-effectiveness analysis of screening mammography", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Jun 7;98(11):774-82
• Salminen EK et al.: "Impact of radiotherapy in the risk of esophageal cancer as subsequent primary cancer after breast cancer", Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2006 Jul 1;65(3):699-704
• Maurice A et al.: "Screening younger women with a family history of breast cancer - does early detection improve outcome?", Eur J Cancer. 2006 Jul;42(10):1385-90
• Andrieu N et al.: "Effect of Chest X-Rays on the Risk of Breast Cancer Among BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers in the International BRCA1/2 Carrier Cohort Study", J Clin Oncol 2006, Jun 26, published online ahead of print
• Smoot L et al.: "A Single-Center Experience with Inflammatory Breast Cancer, 1985-2003", 
  Arch Surg.2006 Jun; 141: 567-573

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

• Symposium Mammographicum 2006, 9 - 11 Luglio 2006, Bournemouth - UK
• 3rd Interamerican Breast Cancer Conference, July 27 - July 29, 2006, Cancun - Mexico 
• 5th Annual International Congress on the Future of Breast Cancer: Linking Therapeutic Strategies and Breast Cancer Subtypes, Kohala Coast, August 3-6, 2006,  HI - USA
• 5th European Conference: Perspectives in Breast Cancer, September 14 - 16, 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Editoriali in Oncologia / Editorials in Oncology 

• "Does age have an effect on response of superficial bladder cancer to intravesical immunotherapy?" - Fadi N. Joudi, Department of Urology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
• "Non-hormonal systemic therapies  for the treatment of men with hormone-refractory prostate cancer and clinical evidence of metastases" - Eric Winquist, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, London Health Sciences Centre, London, Ontario  Canada
• "Androgen Deprivation Therapy as Primary Treatment for Men with Localized Prostate Cancer" - Jun Kawakami, Department of Urology, Program in Urologic Oncology, Urologic Outcomes Research Group, University of California - San Francisco Cancer Center, San Francisco, USA
• "Genitofemoral nerve grafting after radical prostatectomy and erectile function" - Joseph Smith, Department of Urologic Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
• "Benefits of palliative chemotherapy in patients over the age of 70 with oesophago-gastric cancers" - Naureen Starling, Gastrointestinal Unit, Royal Marsden Hospital, Sutton, UK
• "The association between C-reactive protein concentrations and development of colon cancer" - Kathy J. Helzlsouer, Weinberg Center For Women's Health & Medicine, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA
• "Patients with hepatic and pulmonary metastases from colorectal cancer may benefit from aggressive surgical therapy" - Shimul A. Shah, Steven Gallinger, Alice C. Wei, Department of Surgery, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• "Behavioral and educational functioning in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia" - Annemieke Buizer, Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
• "Molecular profiling in serous epithelial ovarian cancer" - Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, Centre de recherche CHUM et Institut du cancer de Montréal, Hôpital Notre-Dame, Montréal, Québec, Canada
• "Brain tumours in children and Temozolomide" - Giuseppe Barone, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy
• "A low time between the first day of chemotherapy and the last day of chest radiotherapy is associated with improved survival in limited disease small cell lung cancer patients" - Dirk de Ruysscher, Department of Radiotherapy, University Hospital Maastricht, University Maastricht, Groel en Ontwikkeling, The Netherlands

Comunicati stampa in Oncologia / Press Releases in Oncology

• "FDA Licenses New Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer and Other Diseases in Females Caused by Human Papillomavirus" - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
• "Three-drug regimen improves survival in advanced head and neck cancers" - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
• "Despite increasing hospice use, terminally ill patients continue to receive aggressive treatment at end of life" - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
• "Gene Expression Profiling Can Accurately Diagnose Burkitt’s Lymphoma" - National Institutes of Health (NIH), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
• "Obesity in Prostate Cancer Patients Predicts Cancer Recurrence and Progression After Radiation Treatment" - The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

Selezione della letteratura in Oncologia / Literature Selection in Oncology 

• Kris MG et al.:"American Society of Clinical Oncology Guideline for Antiemetics in Oncology: Update 2006",  J Clin Oncol 2006 May 22
• Theander E et al.: "Lymphoma and other malignancies in primary Sjogren's syndrome: a cohort study on cancer incidence and lymphoma predictors", Ann Rheum Dis. 2006 Jun;65(6):796-803
• Ronco G et al.: "Human Papillomavirus Testing and Liquid-Based Cytology: Results at Recruitment From the New Technologies for Cervical Cancer Randomized Controlled Trial", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006; 98: 765-774
• Ciotti M et al.: "Detection and expression of human papillomavirus oncogenes in non-small cell lung cancer", Oncol Rep. 2006 Jul;16(1):183-9
• Custer B et al.: "Hormonal exposures and the risk of intracranial meningioma in women: A population-based case-control study", BMC Cancer 2006, 6:152
• Wong SL et al.: "Melanoma patients with positive sentinel nodes who did not undergo completion lymphadenectomy: a multi-institutional study", Ann Surg Oncol. 2006 Jun;13(6):809-16
• Talpaz M et al.: "Dasatinib in imatinib-resistant Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemias", N Engl J Med 2006;354:2531-2541
• Conway RM et al.: "Estimates of ocular and visual retention following treatment of extra-large uveal melanomas by proton beam radiotherapy", Arch Ophthalmol. 2006 Jun;124(6):838-43