Breast Cancer
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Positive lumpectomy margin risk rises with breast density
Key clinical point: The risk for positive lumpectomy margins rises as breast density increases. Major finding: .Women with extremely dense breasts...
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Dose-dense breast chemotherapy is also cost dense
Key clinical point: Total costs for hospitalization and GCSF are higher with dose-dense chemotherapy compared with the same regimen delivered...
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Two heads plus four hands equal safe, shorter bilateral mastectomies
Key clinical point:Bilateral mastectomy performed by two surgeons shortens operative time without increasing complications. Major finding: Mean...
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Computer-aided detection fails to improve mammographic accuracy
The overall cancer detection rate was the same regardless of the use of computer-aided detection, at 4.1 cancers per 1,000 women screened. The...
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ASCO: Potentially targetable biomarkers identified in geriatric breast cancer tumors
Multiplatform profiling identified potentially targetable biomarker aberrations in a large sample of tumor taken from older breast cancer patients...
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ASCO: Neoadjuvant chemo does not increase breast cancer surgery complications
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy does not appear to increase the risk for 30-day post-operative complications following surgery for invasive breast cancer...
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ASCO: Many women with triple-negative breast cancer aren’t screened for BRCA
Many younger women diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancers do not get tested for BRCA, despite guideline recommendations.
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ASCO: Model predicts risk for breast cancer from atypical hyperplasia
A woman’s age at biopsy and the number of atypical hyperplasia foci appear to be good predictors of risk for subsequent breast cancer
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ASCO: 80-gene profile pegs breast tumors resistant to trastuzumab
Molecular subtyping of breast tumors with an 80-gene panel appears to be a better predictor of response or resistance to neoadjuvant therapy than...
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ASCO: MRI improved breast cancer detection in average risk women
MRI-screening improved the detection of biologically relevant breast-cancer in women at average risk.