Background: In several neoplastic diseases, including breast cancer, immunosuppression
correlates with disease stage, progression, and outcome. Thus, thorough analysis of immune …

Background Breast cancer metastatic to the gastrointestinal tract or peritoneum is rare. We
reviewed the natural history of ductal and lobular carcinoma in women with breast cancer …

Objective: We aimed to identify opioid prescribing practices across surgical specialties and
institutions. Background: In an effort to minimize the contribution of prescription narcotics to …

Background: Studies comparing similar and sizable numbers of deep inferior epigastric
perforator (DIEP) and pedicled transverse rectus abdominis musculocutaneous (TRAM) flap …

Background The significance of androgen receptor (AR) expression in triple-negative breast
cancer (TNBC) is unclear, and published studies so far have been inconclusive. Methods A …

Objective: To delineate management strategies and outcomes for true aneurysms involving
arteries of the upper extremity distal to the axillary artery. The management of these rare …

BACKGROUND: Wire-localized breast biopsy (WLBB) remains the standard method for the
surgical excision of nonpalpable breast lesions. Because of many of its shortcomings, most …

BACKGROUND: The current study sought to validate radioactive seed localization (RSL) as
an alternative to wire localization (WL) to facilitate the operative excision of nonpalpable …

Introduction Excisional biopsy is currently recommended for atypical ductal hyperplasia (ADH)
diagnosed on core needle breast biopsy (CNB), due to risk of upstaging to invasive or in …

Background Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) are a rare form of soft tissue
sarcoma with few studies reporting on patient outcomes and prognostic variables. Methods …