Background High-risk patients undergoing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) may have
unsuspected cancers identified on pathology. The optimum way to identify and manage …

BACKGROUND Sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in the setting of prophylactic
mastectomy (PM) remains controversial. In the current study, recent experience with PM was …

BACKGROUND. Patients with invasive cancer identified at the time of prophylactic
mastectomy (PM) will require axillary lymph node dissection for staging; therefore, many …

Background Prophylactic mastectomies (PM) are performed to reduce the risk of breast
cancer. Occasionally an occult carcinoma is found in PM specimens. Given the high …

Purpose We investigated rates of occult malignancy in the breast and sentinel lymph nodes
(SLNs) in patients undergoing prophylactic mastectomy (PM) and whether routine sentinel …

The aim of this study was to evaluate the presence of clinically and mammographically
occult disease using breast MRI in a cohort of cancer patients undergoing contralateral …

BACKGROUND: Bilateral/contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (PM) is offered to high-risk
women to decrease their actual or perceived breast cancer risk. When an invasive occult …

BACKGROUND: Sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients undergoing prophylactic
mastectomy (PM) remains controversial. We sought to determine the incidence of finding …

Introduction Prophylactic mastectomy (PM) rates in the United States are rising due to
determination of increased Gail risk, moderate-high risk lesions, a strong family history, and …

Background This study sought to determine the likelihood of occult malignancy during risk-
reducing mastectomy in high-penetrance pathogenic variant carriers to help refine axillary …