Office-based ultrasound-guided cryoablation of breast fibroadenomasCary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Bellingham Breast Center, 2940 Squalicum Pkwy, Suite 101, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Am J Surg 184:394-400. 2002
..Alternatives to open surgery include tumor removal using an automated coring device and tumor ablation using heating or cooling elements. We report our initial experience with cryoablation of biopsy-proven benign fibroadenomas...
- A treatment scale for axillary management in breast cancer
C S Kaufman
Bellingham Breast Center, 2940 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Am J Surg 182:377-83. 2001
..The KATS score uses preoperative data to guide the choice of axillary treatment...
- Office-based cryoablation of breast fibroadenomas with long-term follow-up
Cary S Kaufman
University of Washington and the Bellingham Breast Center, Bellingham, Washington 98225, USA
Breast J 11:344-50. 2005
..Cryoablation should be considered a preferred option for those patients desiring definitive therapy for their fibroadenomas without surgical intervention...
- Intraoperative digital specimen mammography: rapid, accurate results expedite surgery
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Washington, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 14:1478-85. 2007
..We compared intraoperative digital specimen mammography (IDSM) as well as standard specimen mammography (SSM) on 121 consecutive image guided lumpectomies...
- Validating quality breast care: three new validation programs for 2007
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, Bellingham Breast Center, University of Washington, 2940 Squalicum Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 90225, USA
Am J Surg 194:515-7. 2007
..Efforts to measure and monitor the quality of breast care have been initiated for breast centers and breast surgeons...
- National quality validation programs for breast centers
Cary S Kaufman
Bellingham Breast Center, 2940 Squalicum Parkway, Bellingham, WA 987225, USA
Expert Rev Anticancer Ther 7:1357-62. 2007
..These two programs herald a new phase of quality monitoring based on comparisons with other providers of breast care. In this new paradigm, simply being licensed to provide care will not be satisfactory proof of quality of care...
- Cryosurgery for breast cancer
Cary S Kaufman
University of Washington, Department of Surgery, Bellingham Breast Center, Bellingham, 98225, USA
Technol Cancer Res Treat 3:165-75. 2004
..A comparison of ablation methods is discussed. Finally, future research of the role of cryosurgery in the management of breast cancer is described...
- Encircling guidewire facilitates complete excision of image-localized breast lesions
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Surg 186:413-5. 2003
..An innovative encircling guidewire defines three sides of a target lesion with a single puncture to achieve negative margins...
- Intraoperative ultrasonography guidance is accurate and efficient according to results in 100 breast cancer patients
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Surg 186:378-82. 2003
..The frequency of nonpalpable breast cancer has doubled in the last 10 years. Surgical use of high quality portable ultrasound units has made it possible to evaluate the time-saving method of intraoperative ultrasonography localization...
National Quality Measures for Breast Centers (NQMBC): a robust quality tool: breast center quality measuresC S Kaufman
Bellingham Breast Center, University of Washington, Bellingham, WA, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 17:377-85. 2010
..The National Consortium of Breast Centers (NCBC) has created a unique program to assess and compare the quality of interdisciplinary breast care provided by breast centers across the country...
- Digital documentation of the physical examination: moving the clinical breast exam to the electronic medical record
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, 2940 Squalicum Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Am J Surg 192:444-9. 2006
..There is a need for a device that can accurately depict the CBE in digital format while being objective, reproducible over time, and useable in the electronic medical record. This new device is called palpation imaging (PI)...
- Office-based cryoablation of breast fibroadenomas: 12-month followup
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington and the Bellingham Breast Center, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
J Am Coll Surg 198:914-23. 2004
..Ultrasonography-guided cryoablation is a preferred option for treatment of breast fibroadenomas without open surgery...
- Intraoperative digital specimen mammography: prompt image review speeds surgery
Cary S Kaufman
Department of Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Surg 192:513-5. 2006
..Intraoperative digital specimen mammograms can accurately identify target lesions while saving operating room time...
- Cryoablation treatment of benign breast lesions with 12-month follow-up
Cary S Kaufman
University of Washington and the Bellingham Breast Center, 2940 Squalicum Parkway, Suite 101, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA
Am J Surg 188:340-8. 2004
..Ultrasound-guided cryoablation is an effective and safe treatment for benign breast lesions, as seen at 12-month follow-up, and offers an office-based, minimally invasive alternative to surgical excision...
- Cryoablation of early-stage breast cancer: work-in-progress report of a multi-institutional trial
Michael S Sabel
Department of Surgery, University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 11:542-9. 2004
..We conducted a multi-institutional pilot safety study of cryoablation in the treatment of primary breast carcinomas...
- Intraoperative ultrasound facilitates surgery for early breast cancer
Cary S Kaufman
University of Washington, Bellingham Breast Center, Bellingham, Washington, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 9:988-93. 2002
..Up to half of these nonpalpable lesions can be visualized by ultrasound. Use of intraoperative ultrasound streamlines the process of image-guided surgery...
- Can we measure the quality of breast surgical care?
Cary S Kaufman
Bellingham Regional Breast Center, Bellingham, WA, USA
Ann Surg Oncol 18:3053-60. 2011
..This commitment may gain even greater importance if trends continue toward performance-based physician payment, patient steerage, licensure, and board certification...
- Breast care is a team sport
Cary S Kaufman
Breast J 10:469-72. 2004
