Editoriali in Senologia / Editorials in Senology 

• "Implant breast reconstruction after radiation therapy for breast cancer" - Jeffrey Ascherman, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
• "Effects of soy isoflavones on breast cancer risk" - Charles E. Wood, Department of Pathology / Comparative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem , North Carolina , USA
• "Differences in the management of older women with breast cancer are associated with poorer survival" - Sonja Eaker, Department of Surgery and Regional Oncologic Centre (ROC), University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
• "The low use of breast reconstruction after mastectomy" - Amy Alderman, Department of Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
• "Breast implants for cosmetic purposes and long-term risk of developing cancer" - Lin Xie, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• "Ocular toxicity after adjuvant chemo-endocrine treatment for early breast cancer" - Lorenzo Gianni, Division of Oncology and Hematology, Hospital degli Infermi, Rimini, Italy
• "The experiences of men with breast cancer" - Rachel Iredale, Institute of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, United Kingdom

• "Favourable outcome of screen-detected breast cancers" - Laura Cortesi, Dipartimento di Oncologia ed Ematologia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Italy

• "MIB-1 proliferation index and the risk of lymph node metastasis in breast cancer" - Daniele Marrelli , Department of Human Pathology and Oncology, Section of Surgical Oncology, University of Siena, Italy

• "Reduction in the risk of breast cancer with the use of selective COX-2 inhibitors" - Randall E. Harris, Center of Molecular Epidemiology, College of Medicine and Public Health, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio

• "Un metodo semplice, rapido ed efficace per valutare la mastalgia" - Giorgio M. Baratelli, Centro di Senologia, Delegazione Alto Lario della Lega Italiana per la Lotta contro i Tumori, Gravedona, Italy

• "Post-pregnancy Events Promote Breast Cancer Metastasis" - Pepper Schedin, Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Aurora, CO, USA

Comunicati stampa in Senologia / Press Releases in Senology

• "Hormone therapy increases risk of breast cancer" - Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• "Treatment of milk-duct growths requires more than surgery, study finds" - Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA

Documenti in Senologia / Documents in Senology

• "Effectiveness of Noninvasive Diagnostic Tests for Breast Abnormalities" - U.S. Health and Human Services' Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Notizie dalle Aziende in Senologia / News from Healthcare Companies

• "Roche deposita presso l’EMEA la richiesta per l’utilizzo  in post-operatorio di trastuzumab nel carcinoma mammario HER2 positivo"  

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

• Veronesi U et al.: ""Rethinking TNM: Breast cancer TNM classification for treatment decision-making and research "
• Noh JJ et al.: "Mammographic densities and circulating hormones: A cross-sectional study in premenopausal women "
• Kneeshaw PJ et al."Differentiation of benign from malignant breast disease associated with screening detected microcalcifications using dynamic contrast enhanced magnetic resonance imaging"
• Rahko E et al.: "Adverse outcome and resistance to adjuvant antiestrogen therapy in node-positive postmenopausal breast cancer patients—The role of p53"

Selezione della letteratura in Senologia / Literature Selection in Senology 

• Grunfeld E et al.: "Randomized trial of long-term follow-up for early-stage breast cancer: a comparison of family physician versus specialist care", J Clin Oncol. 2006 Feb 20;24(6):848-55
• Helme S et al.: "Screening mammography in women aged 40-49: Is it time to change?", Int Semin Surg Oncol. 2006 Feb 6;3(1):4 [Epub ahead of print]
• Kominsky SL et al.: "Ductal access for prevention and therapy of mammary tumors", Cancer Res. 2006 Jan 15;66(2):638-45
• Arriagada R et al.: "Twenty-five years of follow-up in patients with operable breast carcinoma: correlation between clinicopathologic factors and the risk of death in each 5-year period", Cancer. 2006 Feb 15;106(4):743-50
• Dillon MF et al.: "Identifying patients at risk of compromised margins following breast conservation for lobular carcinoma", Am J Surg. 2006 Feb;191(2):201-205
• Ascherman JA et al.: "Implant reconstruction in breast cancer patients treated with radiation therapy", Plast Reconstr Surg. 2006 Feb;117(2):359-65
• Recchia F et al.: "Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues added to adjuvant chemotherapy protect ovarian function and improve clinical outcomes in young women with early breast carcinoma", Cancer. 2006 Feb 1;106(3):514-23
• Perlet C et al.: "Magnetic resonance-guided, vacuum-assisted breast biopsy: results from a European multicenter study of 538 lesions", Cancer. 2006 Feb 2;106(5):982-990
• Becker C et al.: "Postmastectomy Lymphedema: Long-term Results Following Microsurgical Lymph Node Transplantation", Ann Surg. 2006 Mar;243(3):313-5.
• Joensuu H et al.: "Adjuvant docetaxel or vinorelbine with or without trastuzumab for breast cancer", N Engl J Med. 2006 Feb 23;354(8):809-20
• Sotiriou C et al.: "Gene expression profiling in breast cancer: understanding the molecular basis of histologic grade to improve prognosis", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Feb 15;98(4):262-72
• Chen P 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

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

• 5th European Breast Cancer Conference, March 21 - 25, 2006, Nice, France
• 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

Editoriali in Oncologia / Editorials in Oncology 

• "Lifestyle as a predictor for colorectal cancer in asymptomatic individuals " -  Inger Kristin Larsen, The Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-based Cancer Research, University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
• "Laparoscopic and open approach in elderly patients with colon or rectal cancer" - Andrea Vignali, Department of Surgery, San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy 
• "Radiotherapy after surgery for stage I endometrial cancer" - David Gaffney, Department of Radiation Oncology, Huntsman Cancer Hospital, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• "Differentiated thyroid cancer and prognostic factors" - Catharina Ihre Lundgren, Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
• "Relation between occupational silica exposure and lung cancer risk" - Claudio Pelucchi, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche 'Mario Negri', Milano, Italy
• "Treatment options in patients with stage I seminoma" - Padraig Warde, Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
• "Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer" - Saverio Bettuzzi, Department of Medicina Sperimentale, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
• "Plasma EBV-DNA as a biomarker in patients with EBV-positive Hodgkin Lymphoma" - Maher Gandhi, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Department of Haematology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Comunicati stampa in Oncologia / Press Releases in Oncology

• "News from the Women’s Health Initiative: Reducing Total Fat Intake May Have Small Effect on Risk of Breast Cancer, No Effect on Risk of Colorectal Cancer, Heart Disease, or Stroke" - National Institutes of Health (NIH), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services
• "New Compound May Protect Against Liver Cancer" - National Institutes of Health (NIH), U. S. Department of Health and Human Services

Linee guida cliniche / Clinical Guidelines (link)

• "Final Appraisal Determination (FAD) on Colon cancer (adjuvant) - capecitabine & oxaliplatin" - NICE - National Institute For Clinical Excellence, London, UK

Selezione della letteratura in Oncologia / Literature Selection in Oncology 

• Cetina L et al.: "Routine management of locally advanced cervical cancer with concurrent radiation and cisplatin. Five-year results", BMC Womens Health. 2006 Feb 7;6(1):3 [Epub ahead of print]
• Henschke CI et al.: "CT screening for lung cancer. Significance of diagnoses in its baseline cycle", Clin Imaging. 2006 Jan-Feb;30(1):11-5
• Edwards CG et al.: "Exposure to loud noise and risk of acoustic neuroma", Am J Epidemiol. 2006 Feb 15;163(4):327-33
• Urba S et al.: "Single-cycle induction chemotherapy selects patients with advanced laryngeal cancer for combined chemoradiation: a new treatment paradigm", J Clin Oncol. 2006 Feb 1;24(4):593-8
• Grandics P: "The cancer stem cell: evidence for its origin as an injured autoreactive T cell", Mol Cancer. 2006 Feb 14;5(1):6
• Stein PD et al.: "Pulmonary embolism as a cause of death in patients who died with cancer", 
  Am J Med. 2006 Feb;119(2):163-5
• Miller DC et al.: "Partial nephrectomy for small renal masses: an emerging quality of care concern?", J Urol. 2006 Mar;175(3):853-7
• Candas B et al.: "Relationship among initial serum prostate specific antigen, prostate specific antigen progression and prostate cancer detection at repeat screening visits", J Urol. 2006 Feb;175(2):510-6
• Warlick C et al.: "Delayed Versus Immediate Surgical Intervention and Prostate Cancer Outcome", J Natl Cancer Inst.2006; 98: 355-357
• Gonzalez CA et al.: "Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)", J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Mar 1;98(5):345-54

Segnalazione di nuovi siti /  New web sites

• O.N.Da. - Osservatorio Nazionale sulla Salute della Donna
• Osservatorio Nazionale sulla Salute della Donna: pensare oggi alla salute di domani - Francesca Merzagora, Presidente O.N.Da. - Osservatorio Nazionale sulla Salute della Donna