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Interviews with Editorial Board Members

ABS features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors bring new findings, practical information on the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to breast diseases to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

ABS is officially indexed by Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)

On March 20, 2024, a confirmation letter reached the editorial office of Annals of Breast Surgery (ABS) that the journal met the selection criteria necessary to be included in the Emerging Sources Citation Index. Articles published in ABS after 2022, beginning with Vol 6(1), will be included in Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

Reviewer of the Month (2024)

In 2024, ABS reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

2023 Annual Report of ABS

Greetings from the Editorial Office of ABS!

We are pleased to share the 2023 Annual Report of Annals of Breast Surgery.

We would especially like to express our sincere gratitude to the editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers for all your support and contributions to ABS.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2024!

ABS Editorial Office

Lymphedema surgery in breast cancer patients: a systematic review of preoperative evaluation and surgical planning

Surgical selection algorithm. ICG, indocyanine green; LVA, lymphovenous anastomosis; VLNT, vascularized lymph node transfer.

Contemporary mastectomy options for male breast cancer: nipple-sparing and areolar-sparing mastectomy—a case series

Preoperative imaging for Patient A. (A) Left mammogram craniocaudal (CC) view showing a retroareolar 1.9-cm mass; (B) Ultrasound showing a 2.2-cm mass at 2:00; (C) breast MRI showing a 2.1 cm mass 1.3 cm from nipple. MRI, magnetic resonance imaging.

Enhanced recovery after surgery for breast reconstruction—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Forest plot for readmissions. There is no significant difference in readmission rate between ERAS and TRAS. ERAS, enhanced recovery after surgery; TRAS, traditional recovery after surgery; M-H, Mantel-Haenszel; CI, confidence interval.

Validation of plastic cups, water displacement and breast density and weight as methods for measurement of breast volume

Correlation between volume estimated by cups vs. estimated by water displacement or volume calculated by breast density and weight.

Surgical pathology and upgrade following core biopsy of intraductal papillomas

Benign intraductal papilloma. Image at 4× shows arborizing fronds lined by epithelial and myoepithelial cells with central fibrovascular cores. Image at 40× shows cohesive proliferation of heterogeneous cells. Magnification 4× (inset, 40×). Hematoxylin and eosin staining.

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Case Report

Primary breast arteriovenous malformation in a patient with Cowden syndrome and bilateral ductal carcinoma in situ: a case report

Taylor N. Anderson, Candice N. Thompson, David M. Hovsepian, Shellie C. Josephs, Frederick M. Dirbas

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Review Article

The impact of body mass index on direct to implant and two-stage immediate breast reconstruction procedure: a systematic review

Emma Bolette Odgaard, Nicolai Lassen Frid, Elisabeth Lauritzen, Tine Engberg Damsgaard

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Review Article

Indocyanine green angiography—current status on quantification of perfusion: a narrative review

Frederik Thørholm Andersen, J. Michael Hasenkam, Tine Engberg Damsgaard

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Original Article

Survival outcomes and tumor response to primary endocrine therapy in the non-operative management of early breast cancer: a retrospective observational study

Swarna Lakshmi Arumugam, Anup Vinayan, Estabrak Jiad, Narottam D. Thanvi

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Original Article

Utility of nodal basin staging ultrasound in early-stage breast cancer

Qi Yan Wang, Michele A. Fantazzio, Krystal Hunter, Catherine E. Loveland-Jones, Andrea Nicholson, Lucy M. De La Cruz, Allison Gittens, Maureen Romero, Sundus Abbasi, Elizabeth Hilt, Daniele Schenker, Kahyun Yoon-Flannery

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 December 2024)

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Review Article

Immediate lymphatic reconstruction: an overview

Anne Huang, Mark C. Tan, Rebecca M. Garza, Maureen Beederman

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Review Article

Axillary surgery for breast cancer: evolving approaches

Kyra Nicholson, Sarah P. Shubeck, Nora T. Jaskowiak

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Review Article

Lymphedema surgery in breast cancer patients: a systematic review of preoperative evaluation and surgical planning

Pooja S. Yesantharao, Dung H. Nguyen

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Case Series

Contemporary mastectomy options for male breast cancer: nipple-sparing and areolar-sparing mastectomy—a case series

Taylor N. Anderson, Jean Bao, Carlos Ayala, Irene Wapnir, Mardi R. Karin

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Enhanced recovery after surgery for breast reconstruction—a systematic review and meta-analysis

Hao Zhe Bian, Matthias Yi Quan Liau, Geraldine Pei Chin Cheong, Jerry Tiong Thye Goo, Jolie Jingyi Hwee, Clement Luck Khng Chia

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Validation of plastic cups, water displacement and breast density and weight as methods for measurement of breast volume

Wahida Chakari, Navid Toyserkani, Rikke Bredgaard, Tove Filtenborg Tvedskov

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Surgical outcomes and complications: a study comparing oncoplastic surgery and lumpectomy

Leonia Falck Rasmussen, Claes Hannibal Kiilerich, Hannah Trøstrup, Lone Bak Hansen

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Comparison of complication rates of concurrent or sequential breast, plastic and gynecologic surgery using the PearlDiver-Mariner database

Alison C. Coogan, Lilia Lunt, Melissa M. Rangel, Brandon Alba, Cristina O’Donoghue, Hayley J. Petit, Andrea Madrigrano

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Surgical pathology and upgrade following core biopsy of intraductal papillomas

Venumadhavi Gogineni, Yaohong Tan, Ling Wang, Pamela Haan, Jessica Henderson, Harvey L. Bumpers

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Original Article

Risk factors and complications in immediate pre-pectoral breast reconstructions with BRAXON^®Fast acellular dermal matrix after skin-sparing and skin-reducing mastectomies

Belma Doyle, Emily Kate Matthews, Kiera Murray, Zoe Barber

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 September 2024)

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Review Article

Defining skin-sparing mastectomy surgical techniques: a narrative review

Ishith Seth, Yi Xie, Bryan Lim, Warren M. Rozen, David J. Hunter-Smith

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article

The psychological impacts of post-mastectomy breast reconstruction: a systematic review

Nikita Roy, Margaret H. Downes, Taylor Ibelli, Uchechukwu O. Amakiri, Troy Li, Sameer Saleem Tebha, Tara M. Balija, Julie B. Schnur, Guy H. Montgomery, Peter W. Henderson

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article

A systematic review on the association between body mass index and autologous breast reconstruction

Nicolai Lassen Frid, Elisabeth Lauritzen, Tine Engberg Damsgaard

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Original Article

Indocyanine green angiography for autologous breast reconstruction: a prospective observational study

Elisabeth Lauritzen, Rikke Bredgaard, Christian Bonde, Lisa Toft Jensen, Tove Tvedskov, Tine Engberg Damsgaard

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Original Article

Octogenarians with triple negative breast cancer

Daisy L. Spoer, Niloofar Ghyasi, Teagan L. Thorson, Samuel S. Huffman, Lauren E. Berger, Christian X. Lava, Chung-Fu Lin, Monika K. Masanam, Lindy M. Rosal, Marc E. Boisvert, Patricia B. Wehner, Ian T. Greenwalt, Jennifer D. Son, Rafael J. Convit, Eleni Tousimis, David H. Song, Kenneth L. Fan, Lucy M. De La Cruz

Annals of Breast Surgery

2024;

(30 June 2024)

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Review Article

Improving value-concordant shared decision making through the use of patient decision aids in breast cancer: a narrative review

Micaela K. Roy, Madeline G. Higgins, Monica Adams, Sarah Tevis

Published online: 10 December 2024

Case Report

Phyllodes breast tumours: diagnostic challenges, surgical approaches, and post-treatment considerations—a case report on insidious clinical presentation, progression, histopathological and radiological tumour transformation

Sakshi Andersen, Lukas Kristian Rosenberg, Rami Mossad Ibrahim, Lisa Toft Jensen, Lone Bak Hansen, Tove Holst Filtenborg Tvedskov, Tine M. Engberg Damsgaard, Matilda Svenning Hunt

Published online: 10 December 2024

Case Report

Invasive carcinoma in recurrent breast fibroadenoma: a case report and literature review

Min Yun Ho, Victor Ng, Jeffrey Hing

Published online: 06 November 2024

Original Article

Retrospective analysis of intra-operative radiotherapy (IORT) in early breast cancer—an Australian institution experience

Elizabeth Wei Tan, Yat Cheung Chung, Jennifer Tan, Steven David, Corinne Ooi

Published online: 11 October 2024

Original Article

Comparative analysis of sentinel lymph node localization techniques: evaluating Magtrace (superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticle) against conventional technetium-99m (Tc-99m) and blue dye methods for breast cancer, and assessment of patient satisfaction

Belma Doyle, Kiera Murray, Ahmed Hefny

Published online: 08 October 2024

Case Report

Metastatic breast involvement from Merkel cell tumour: a case report

Sophie Winge, Katrine Jensen

Published online: 30 September 2024

Review Article

Axillary management in older women with early operable invasive breast carcinoma: a narrative review

Chunhei Li, Richard Simcock, Kwok-Leung Cheung, Ruth M. Parks

Published online: 19 September 2024

Case Report

A novel surgical approach to treat lymphangioma of the breast and prevent seroma—a case report

Rebecca Swan, Erica Revie, Michael Dixon

Published online: 29 July 2024

Review Article

Pseudoangiomatous stromal hyperplasia: overview and clinical management

Ashley Estes, Lifen Cao, Megan E. Miller

Published online: 30 December 2020

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Review Article

Is it breast cancer? —common dermatologic disorders found on the breast

Alyssa D. Throckmorton

Published online: 30 September 2021

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Review Article

Diagnosis and management of phyllodes tumors of the breast

Ashley Simpson, Pamela Li, Jill Dietz

Published online: 30 March 2021

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Case Report

Multi-stage fat grafting for total breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Jonathan S. Lam, Jules A. Walters, Kamran Khoobehi

Published online: 23 August 2019

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Review Article

The surgeon’s guide to fibroadenomas

Katherine Kopkash, Katharine Yao

Published online: 30 December 2020

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Review Article

Nipple adenoma: a review of the literature

Mark Richard Tatterton, Roanne Fiddes

Published online: 31 December 2019

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Review Article

Workup and treatment of nipple discharge—a practical review

Arielle P. Stafford, Lucy M. De La Cruz, Shawna C. Willey

Published online: 30 September 2021

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Case Report

Encapsulated chronic recurrent seroma following modified radical mastectomy: surgical resection and reconstruction by muscle-sparing latissimus dorsi flap—a case report and review of literature

Guirgis A. Awad, Queenie Chan

Published online: 30 June 2020

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Review Article

Clinical management of radial scar without atypia diagnosed on core needle biopsy

Jean J. Bao, Nora T. Jaskowiak

Published online: 30 March 2021

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Review Article

Abscess/infections/periareolar mastitis

Catherine E. Pesce, Katharine Yao

Published online: 30 September 2021

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Review Article

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis

Kristen Bede, Stephanie A. Valente

Published online: 30 December 2020

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Case Report

Multicentric breast cancer comprising of three different histopathological types: a case report

Muhammad Hafiz Mohamed Nazir, Muhammad Syahfiq Ismail, Izzatul Syazwani Ismail, Mohd Firdaus Ghazali, Clement Edward Thaumanavar, Khairul Shakir Ab Rahman, Wan Irnawati Wan Ab Rahman

Published online: 30 December 2020

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Original Article

Inferior mammary fold reconstruction in reconstructed breast: a novel technique

Yasser Hijazi, Mark Brewin, Caroline McGuiness

Published online: 31 December 2019

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Review Article

Radiotherapy and breast reconstruction: a narrative review

Reem A. Karami, Odette Abou Ghanem, Amir E. Ibrahim

Published online: 30 September 2020

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Original Article

An extended 7-year review of textured breast implants for primary breast augmentation: Allergan^® versus Mentor^®

Serena V. Martin, Weiguang Ho, Khalid Kha

Published online: 09 July 2019

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Original Article

Nipple sharing: an undervalued technique in nipple reconstruction

Thessa Rebecca Friebel, Sonya Gardiner, Shetha Naji, Bhagwat S. Mathur

Published online: 07 September 2018

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Editorial Commentary

Can we now reach a consensus on the management of benign papillary breast lesions?

Sidrah Khan, Harry D. Bear

Published online: 08 April 2019

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Review Article

Current imaging techniques and impact on diagnosis and survival —a narrative review

Petra Steyerova, Andrea Burgetova

Published online: 30 September 2022

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Review Article

Contemporary management of atypical breast lesions identified on percutaneous biopsy: a narrative review

Amanda L. Amin, Jamie L. Wagner

Published online: 30 March 2021

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Case Report

A case of locoregional recurrence of breast cancer in the interpectoral lymph nodes—an unusual location

Sara Mølgaard Hansen, Ute Hoyer

Published online: 27 March 2019

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Annals of Breast Surgery is an open access, peer-reviewed international online journal, providing current and practical information on prevention, diagnosis, and clinical investigations of breast diseases, which focusing on cutting-edge findings in the field of breast cancer surgery and reconstruction technique, neoadjuvant therapy, genetic susceptibility and prophylactic mastectomy, include but not limited to, multimodality therapy, biomarkers, imaging, biology, pathology, clinical trial, nursing and technical advances related to breast surgery.