Breast Cancer
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Bisphosphonates don’t cut risk of breast cancer
Key clinical point: Alendronate and zoledronic acid do not appear to reduce the risk of breast cancer.Major finding: The incidence of breast...
Clinical Topics & News
Gene Expression Signatures in Breast Cancer: A Surgical Oncologist’s Perspective
Gene expression can serve to supplement the assessment of recurrence risk now used as the basis for chemotherapy or estrogen ablation...
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PALB2 mutation increased lifetime risk of breast cancer
Key clinical point: Inherited loss-of-function mutations in PALB2 significantly increase women’s lifetime risk of breast cancer.Major finding:...
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Recent use of oral contraceptives linked to breast cancer
Key clinical point: Recent use of oral contraceptives may increase breast cancer risk.Major finding: Oral contraceptive use within the prior year...
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Encouraging data at ASCO 2014 for survival and fertility in some cancers
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Early results show promise of topical tamoxifen for women with DCIS
Key clinical point: The use of a topical formulation of tamoxifen applied directly to the breast could achieve the same benefits as oral tamoxifen...
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Early results show promise of topical tamoxifen for women with DCIS
Key clinical point: The use of a topical formulation of tamoxifen applied directly to the breast could achieve the same benefits as oral tamoxifen...
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Survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy small
Key clinical point: The long-term survival benefit of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy is small.Major Finding: The absolute 20-year survival...
Clinical Topics & News
Extending Therapy for Breast Cancer
Watch as Laronna Colbert, MD, discusses how recent breast cancer studies could potentially change current practice standards for the disease.
Clinical Topics & News
New Breast Cancer Research Group Aims To Improve Veteran Survival Rates
A new breast cancer research group aims to help doctors in the federal health system to identify etiology, biology, and improve treatment of both...