Erschienen in:
07.11.2017 | Breast Oncology
Response to “The CUBE Technique: Continuous Ultrasound-Guided Breast Excision,” Published in August 2014 by Tummel et al. Amsterdam, 28th January 2015
verfasst von:
N. M. A. Krekel, MD, PhD, M. H. Haloua, MD, PhD, J. H. Volders, MD, S. Meijer, MD, PhD, M. P. van den Tol, MD, PhD, On Behalf of Our Study Group
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Sonderheft 3/2017
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Excerpt
We read the article “The CUBE technique: continuous ultrasound-guided breast excision,” published in August 2014 by Tummel et al.
1 We congratulate the authors on their study and the positive results concerning intraoperative ultrasonography for breast cancer surgery. However, if the authors had performed a review of the literature on this subject, they would have realized that the described technique is actually not as “novel” as they opine. Over the past years, our study group has extensively published on this subject, resulting in a multicenter, randomized controlled trial including 134 patients.
2 Although the term “CUBE” is indeed novel, the technique itself is an exact copy of the technique we—among other authors—have repeatedly described.
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7 Needless to say, it would have been appropriate for the authors to refer to these studies while presenting their results, and we are somewhat disappointed that the journal did not revise the literature list on behalf of the authors. We recommend that the authors repeat our randomized controlled trial on use of intraoperative ultrasound, so we can convince all surgical oncologists to use this excellent technique in the operating theater. It would be highly appreciated if the authors could respond to our letter, and we await their reply. …
