Breast Cancer
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Progress in breast cancer screening over the past 50 years: A remarkable story, but still work to do
Expert perspective on the myriad factors that play a role in breast cancer screening recommendations and the guidelines to consider when engaging...
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Omit radiation in older women with low-risk, ER+ breast cancer
Trial randomly assigns 1,326 women who had undergone a lumpectomy to either whole-breast irradiation or no radiation on a background of tamoxifen...
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Breast cancer exacts high financial toll worldwide
The rate of financial toxicity was much higher in low- and middle-income countries – affecting 79% of patients.
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Genomic clues to poor outcomes in young breast cancer patients
Compared with older women with early stage HR-positive breast cancer, women under 40 years of age had significantly higher frequencies of certain...
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‘Valid option’ for partial breast irradiation in breast cancer
Study authors suggest that 30 Gy in five daily fractions is a ‘valid option’ for patients who received lumpectomy for early breast cancer.
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Radiotherapy for early breast cancer: Sharp cutoff at age 70
Radiation therapy was 50% less likely to be prescribed for patients age 70 and older with early-stage breast cancer.
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Use of diagnostic mammograms is inconsistent, survey finds
Many employ diagnostic mammograms for posttreatment surveillance, but benefit is unknown.
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FDA OKs sacituzumab govitecan for HR+ metastatic breast cancer
Label expansion for the Trop-2–directed antibody-drug conjugate was based on the TROPICS-02 trial.
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Race and geography tied to breast cancer care delays
A new study suggests that “treatment delays are alarmingly common in patients at high risk for breast cancer death, including young Black women...
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Quality of life predicts chemo tolerance in early breast cancer
Although quality of life is recognized as a predictor of survival in patients with advanced cancer, the evidence is less clear in early-stage...