Review | 29-March-2016
Breast cancer is the most common malignancy and the leading cause of death due to cancer in European women. Mammography screening programs aimed to increase the detection of early cancer stages were implemented in numerous European countries. Recent data show a decrease in mortality due to breast cancer in many countries, particularly among young women. At the same time, the number of sentinel node biopsy procedures and breast-conserving surgeries has increased. Intraoperative sentinel lymph
Michał Nieciecki,
Katarzyna Dobruch-Sobczak,
Paweł Wareluk,
Anna Gumińska,
Ewa Białek,
Marek Cacko,
Leszek Królicki
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 16 , ISSUE 64, 5–15
original-paper | 28-June-2019
Introduction
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) was initially used in locally advanced breast cancer (LABC) and the inflammatory form of cancer to downstage locally inoperable disease. Currently, it is recommended for patients with Stage 3 and with early-stage disease with HER-2 (human epidermal growth factor receptors positive or triple-negative (TNBC) breast cancer(1,2). NAC reduces the tumor mass by inducing intracellular damage, which causes cell death and degeneration. Response to treatment
Katarzyna Dobruch-Sobczak,
Hanna Piotrzkowska-Wróblewska,
Ziemowit Klimoda,
Wojciech Secomski,
Piotr Karwat,
Ewa Markiewicz-Grodzicka,
Agnieszka Kolasińska-Ćwikła,
Katarzyna Roszkowska-Purska,
Jerzy Litniewski
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 19 , ISSUE 77, 89–97
Review | 13-September-2016
Piotr Bednarski,
Katarzyna Dobruch-Sobczak,
Eryk Chrapowicki,
Wiesław Jakubowski
Journal of Ultrasonography, Volume 15 , ISSUE 61, 164–171