Breast Cancer
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What you should know about the latest change in mammography screening guidelines
When the American Cancer Society issued new guidelines, key stakeholders responded with a “Yay” or “Nay”—and sometimes both. How should you...
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Managing menopausal symptoms after risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomy
Since these women undergo surgical menopause as opposed to natural menopause, they have an abrupt loss in hormones, and due to their younger age...
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DenseBreast-info.org: What this resource can offer you, and your patients
A single, medically sourced resource for you and your patients on dense breasts exists. It is called DenseBreast-info.org, and its founders...
Clinical Topics & News
Will New American Cancer Society Mammography Policy Change VHA Practice?
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Study finds no link between thyroid autoimmunity, breast cancer outcomes
In contrast with at least two prior small studies, thyroid peroxidase autoantibodies were not associated with breast cancer outcomes in a large...
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Why I will continue to perform clinical breast exams
Dr. Jill Rabin, an ob.gyn. in New York, plans to continue clinical breast exams despite new recommendations from the American Cancer Society...
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Menopause status could guide breast cancer screening interval
Among postmenopausal women, those diagnosed after biennial mammograms were not more likely to have tumors with unfavorable prognostic...
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American Cancer Society recommends annual mammography starting at age 45
For the first time, the ACS guidelines address when to stop mammography, recommending a halt to routine screening for women with a life expectancy...
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Prolonged zoledronic acid-induced hypocalcemia in hypercalcemia of malignancy
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Delayed diagnosis tops breast cancer malpractice claims
Most malpractice lawsuits involving breast cancer allege delayed diagnosis, but a significant portion also stem from alleged poor management of...