Mammographic Surveillance after Breast Reconstruction-is Imaging Necessary?

There is no consensus in regards to surveillance of women after mastectomy and reconstruction for breast cancer.

Mammographic detection rates are low for surveillance after reconstruction and whilst there is insufficient evidence to support annual mammography in these women, there is widespread variation in its use.

We aimed to investigate the mode of detection of recurrent disease and comment on the use of surveillance mammography in our population of women undergoing mastectomy and reconstruction.

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Robotic Radical Prostatectomy and Nerve Grafting: Does it Actually Work?

Robotic radical prostatectomy is now the gold standard for patients with localised prostate cancer. In the setting of unfavourable prostate pathology, some men may require resection of one or both cavernous nerves at the time of prostatectomy.

Potency rates in this subset of men are expectedly dismal. With increasing numbers of younger men being diagnosed with prostate cancer and subsequently undergoing radical prostatectomy, there is an increasing focus on quality of life postoperatively, especially potency.

Nerve-grafting surgery after resection of neuro-vascular bundles during radical prostatectomy is one of the promising resolutions for dilemma between cancer control and functional preservation.

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The Relationship Between Smoking and Cancer: Mini Review

Once the word ‘’cancer’’ is heard, it triggers fear and anxiety. Millions of people have lost their lives because of this illness.

Although improvement of technology in recent years help the medicine for obtaining pleasing results, the reasons of this horrifying and cruel illness cannot be revealed as diagnosis.

Therefore, for every cancer type the cure might not be possible. In this article of ours, we will evaluate the relationship of cancer with smoking in the latest information which is the most important factor of cancer and said ‘’a bad habit’’ in medicine literature.

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Functional Assessment of Quality of Life Using EORTC QLQ-CR29 in Patients with Colon Cancer at King Abdulaziz University Hospital

Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world. Quality of life is important to achieve successful treatment outcomes.

The aim of this study was to assess the functional quality of life of patients with newly diagnosed colorectal cancer in order to improve our understanding as physicians of how cancer therapy influences the patients’ lives, and how we can help patients improve the quality of life on a daily basis.

This was a cross-sectional study conducted between January-September 2013, of a sample of 647 patients newly diagnosed with colon cancer at the King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

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Metaplastic Breast Cancer and p16 Positivity: What Does It Mean?

Metaplastic breast cancer is a heterogeneous group of malignant breast tumors having different morphologic subtypes. Considerable variations exist in different ethnic groups.

The incidence of metaplastic breast cancer is reported to be 0.2-1 percent of breast cancer and it is rare in the west.

MBC is referred to tumor when conventional breast carcinoma contains a metaplastic component ranging from <10% - >50%

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Mysterious Prostate Cancer Affects More Men than Women

Cancer is the primary cause for death in the world with 14 million cases and 8.2 million deaths annuallys.

Though the reasons are not clearly known, prostate cancer affects increasing number of men and age, ethnicity and family history are some of the factors considered responsible for it.

Occupations like farming, exposure to pesticides, wood dust, grain dust, asbestos dust, tobacco, irregular diet, obesity and low physical activity are responsible for it.

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Calendula officinalis Extracts Protect against H2O2 Induced Chromosome Damage on HacaT Human Skin Cells

Calendula officinalis extracts contain antioxidant compounds. The extracts tested in the current study protect against reactive oxygen species (ROS) induced cytotoxic activity towards human cells.

Objective: To determine the ability of Calendula officinalis extracts to protect against H2O2 induced chromosome damage on HaCaT human skin cells.

Methodology: The chromosome damage protection by four Calendula officinalis extracts was investigated in vitro using a dose-response (0.125, 0.5 and 1.0% (v/v)) on HaCaT human skin cells.

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