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Background Ectopic breast tissue is present in 2–6% of women. Ectopic mammary tissue can experience physiological changes and the same pathological processes as the eutopic breast. Ectopic breast cancer represents an uncommon condition accounting for 0.3% of all breast neoplasms, and it is most frequently located in the axilla. Case report We report a rare case of a 57-year-old Tunisian woman who presented with a left-sided axillary mass evolving for about 1 month. The axillary ectopic breast tissue containing the mass was excised with axillary dissection. Pathology revealed a medullary multifocal carcinoma and metastasis was detected in two lymph nodes. She had local radiotherapy after six cycles of chemotherapy. She received herceptin therapy and hormonotherapy. After a 2-year follow-up, no evidence of local recurrence or distant metastases have been identified. Conclusion Ectopic breast carcinoma is a rare entity that should be the first diagnosis to be considered if an axillary lump is present in ectopic breast tissue. No particular guidelines on diagnosis and treatment are available. Therefore, physicians should be aware of this condition to avoid treatment delays. Once diagnosed, careful patient follow-up is essential because of the ambiguous natural history of this rare entity.

background: The management of gastric adenocarcinoma is essentially based on surgery followed by adjuvant treatment. adjuvant chemotherapy (cT) as well as chemoradiotherapy (cTrT) have proven their effectiveness in survival outcomes compared to surgery alone. however, there is little data comparing the two adjuvant approaches. This study aimed to compare the prognosis and survival outcomes of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma operated and treated by adjuvant radiochemotherapy or chemotherapy Materials and methods: We retrospectively evaluated 80 patients with locally advanced gastric cancer (LGc) who received adjuvant treatment. We compared survival outcomes and patterns of recurrence of 53 patients treated by cTrT and those of 27 patients treated by cT. results: after a median follow-up of 38.48 months, cTrT resulted in a significant improvement of the 5-year pFs (60.9% vs. 36%, p = 0.03) and the 5-year Os (55.9% vs. 33%, p = 0.015) compared to adjuvant cT. The 5-year Os was significantly increased by adjuvant cTrT (p = 0.046) in patients with lymph node metastasis, and particularly those with advanced pN stage (p = 0.0078) and high lymph node ratio (LNr) exceeding 25% (p = 0.012). also, there was a significant improvement of the pFs of patients classified pN2-N3 (p = 0.022) with a high LNr (p = 0.018). cTrT was also associated with improved Os and pFs in patients with lymphovascular and perineural invasion (LVI and pNI) compared to chemotherapy. conclusion: There is a particular survival benefit of adding radiotherapy to chemotherapy in patients with selected criteria such as lymph node involvement, high LNr LVI, and pNI.

The struggle with breast cancer (BC) is often associated with positive changes after diagnosis and treatment, that are being referred to as posttraumatic growth (PTG). We aimed to examine PTG and its relationship with psychosocial (i.e., psychological distress, spiritual well-being, social support), sociodemographic and cancer-related variables in Tunisian women operated on for breast cancer. This was a cross-sectional study. Seventy-nine (79) postoperative BC women were administered the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory, the Spiritual Well-being Scale, the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales, and the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support. The changes most frequently reported by participants were discovering that they were stronger than they thought they were (70.0%), having stronger religious faith (65.0%), and being better able to accept the way things work out (63.8%). Multivariate analysis showed that anxiety and social support remained significantly associated with PTG, while no significant relationship has been found for spiritual well-being. Overall, the present study adds to the existing body of research by identifying factors related to women’ s experience of PTG in a previously unexplored Arab Muslim cultural context, Tunisia. We believe that our findings may help inform strategies aiming at promoting positive psychological changes after experiencing BC, at least in our context.