Breast Cancer
Conference Coverage
Neoadjuvant chemo reduces extent of axillary dissection in some breast cancers
Key clinical point: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy can benefit some patients with advanced hormone receptor–negative breast cancer. Major finding: Among...
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Focused breast cancer radiation maintains efficacy, cuts AEs
Key clinical point: Maintaining the standard breast cancer radiation dosage to the tumor bed while eliminating the dosage to the rest of the...
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Ultrasound bested tomosynthesis for screening dense breast tissue
Key clinical point: Ultrasound outperformed tomosynthesis for the incremental detection of breast cancer in women with negative mammograms and...
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A Perfect Storm: Patterns of care
Differences in mammography quality and follow up, treatment delays, and misuse or underuse of treatment are some of the patterns of care that...
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FDA approves fulvestrant for use in combination with palbociclib
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Daily updates from the Miami Breast Cancer Conference begin March 11
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Is BRCA testing causing women to undergo unnecessary prophylactic mastectomy?
Yes. According to this cross-sectional analysis of an ongoing prospective cohort study of the trends in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation testing, 82 (51.2...
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Prospective study confirms chemo not needed after low Recurrence Score
Key clinical point: Patients with hormone-receptor–positive (HR-positive) breast cancer at high risk for recurrence by traditional parameters, but...
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Prevention driving increase in mastectomies
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Downturn in reoperation after breast conservation surgery
Rates of reoperation after breast conservation surgery have declined significantly since 2003 but nearly 25% of women still undergo repeat...