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Art Literature Roy F. Powell Creditshttps://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/miscell/1001/thumbnail.jp

Detection of Occult Foci of Breast Cancer Using Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging in Women with One Mammographic or Clinically Suspicious Breast Lesion

Rationale and Objectives: The aim of this study was to determine how often breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) identifies occult cancerous lesions in women with one suspicious lesion detected on mammography or physical exam. Materials and Methods: A retrospective review was performed of the records of all patients who underwent BSGI between January 1, 2004, and June 4, 2007. Included in the study were 159 women who had one suspicious breast lesion on physical exam and/or mammography and who underwent BSGI to evaluate for occult lesions in the breast. All patients had one or more foci of cancer proven pathologically. BSGI findings were classified as normal or abnormal on the basis of the presence of focal radiotracer uptake. Results: BSGI detected additional suspicious lesions occult to mammography and physical exam in 46 of 159 women (29%). BSGI identified occult cancer in 14 of 40 women (35%) who underwent biopsy or excision because of BSGI findings and in 14 of the 159 (9%) women in this study. In nine women, the occult cancer was present in the same breast as the index lesion (6%), and in five women, the occult cancer was found in the contralateral breast (3%). Conclusions: BSGI is an effective imaging modality in the identification of mammographically and clinically occult cancer in women with one suspicious breast lesion. © 2010 AUR

TABLE 4 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States

Stratified analyses for the association between pain scales at enrollment and death, IRONMAN Registry 2017–2023</p

Supplementary Table S4 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States

Reasons for being off-study by self-reported race</p

Supplementary Table S9 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States

Baseline bone pain scale Cox model results from sensitivity analysis for missing indicator values during MICE procedure</p

Supplementary Table S6 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States

Baseline EORTC pain scale Cox model results from sensitivity analysis for missing indicator values during MICE procedure</p

TABLE 1 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States

Cohort demographic and clinical characteristics by self-reported race (N = 879), 2017–2023</p

TABLE 2 from Pain and Its Association with Survival for Black and White Individuals with Advanced Prostate Cancer in the United States

Average pain at study enrollment by disease state at enrollment and self-reported race (N = 4 pain scales)</p