Surgical Oncology

MD Anderson

Questions discussed in this category

In light of RxPonder results for postmenopausal women with early stage node positive HR+HER2- breast cancer, when is there a role for full axillary LN dissection to confirm degree of nodal involvement and when would sentinel LN evaluation be sufficient?

How would this affect adjuvant radiation plan in breast conservation therapy patients and mastectomy patients?

1 Answer available

How do you counsel your breast-cancer survivors about weight-loss/dietary modifications?

Do your recommendations differ if patients are pre or postmenopausal given the data?

3 Answers available

Papers discussed in this category

Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2006-12-20

Dietary fat reduction and breast cancer outcome: interim efficacy results from the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study.

Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 2010-07

American College of Sports Medicine roundtable on exercise guidelines for cancer survivors.

J Clin Oncol, 2016 Feb 20

American Cancer Society/American Society of Clinical Oncology Breast Cancer Survivorship Care Guideline.

Curr Breast Cancer Rep, 2016-01-01

Reducing the Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence: an Evaluation of the Effects and Mechanisms of Diet and Exercise.

Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr, 2018 Apr 19

Meat, eggs, full-fat dairy, and nutritional boogeymen: Does the way in which animals are raised affect health differently in humans?

JAMA, 2018-02-20

Effect of Low-Fat vs Low-Carbohydrate Diet on 12-Month Weight Loss in Overweight Adults and the Association With Genotype Pattern or Insulin Secretion: The DIETFITS Randomized Clinical Trial.

JAMA Oncol,

Prolonged Nightly Fasting and Breast Cancer Prognosis.

JAMA, 2011-02-09

Axillary dissection vs no axillary dissection in women with invasive breast cancer and sentinel node metastasis: a randomized clinical trial.

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