ABSTRACT
Male breast cancer is a rare neoplasia and represents only 1% of all forms of breast cancer. The etiopathogenesis of breast carcinoma is still unknown in both males and females, but an altered hormonal metabolism may play a role in its genesis. The prognosis of breast cancer is slightly worse in males, especially in cases with axillary lymph node metastases. The paper discusses the therapy administered to 8 patients with male breast cancer who were treated by the authors between January 1983 and April 1990.
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Breast Neoplasms, Male/surgery , Age Factors , Breast Neoplasms, Male/mortality , Breast Neoplasms, Male/therapy , Chemotherapy, Adjuvant , Combined Modality Therapy , Humans , Male , Mastectomy, Modified Radical , Mastectomy, Simple , Middle Aged , Prognosis , Radiotherapy, Adjuvant , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The different surgical options for the treatment of non toxic nodular goiter led the Authors to study the residual thyroid function following conservative surgery (subtotal thyroidectomy, lobectomy and enucleation). Follow-up showed an overall recurrence rate of 49%, with a higher rate after lobectomy and enucleation than after subtotal thyroidectomy. On the other hand, subclinical hypothyroidism was higher in patients who underwent subtotal thyroidectomy. No significative correlation was found between high plasmatic levels of TSH and recurrences.
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Goiter, Nodular/surgery , Thyroidectomy/methods , Adult , Female , Follow-Up Studies , Goiter, Nodular/physiopathology , Humans , Hypothyroidism/etiology , Male , Recurrence , Thyroidectomy/adverse effectsABSTRACT
Authors' experience with 53 patient operated on for adenocarcinoma of the rectum in Oncologic Surgery Department--University of Messina (Italy) was analysed. The development of mechanical devices has allowed surgeons to perform sphincter-saving in patients with medium-lower tumors of the rectum. In this experience abdominoperineal amputation was performed in cases of distal rectal tumors, local transanal excision was performed in 6 cases. There were no statistically significant differences between low anterior resection and abdomino-perineal resection with respect to local (17% vs 16.6%) and distant (16% vs 16%) recurrence.