Breast Cancer
News
Is early-onset cancer an emerging global epidemic?
“This paper ... brings to light the importance of correctable lifestyle habits that may slow the rise of early onset cancers.”
Opinion
Cancer as a full contact sport
The complexity of cancer care has long necessitated a team approach to planning cancer treatment.
News
Cost paramount when choosing metastatic breast cancer treatment
“Our analysis provides quantifiable evidence to help providers choose lower priced, but equally effective sequences of drugs.”
News
Genetic tests create treatment opportunities and confusion for breast cancer patients
Patients are sometimes left paying out-of-pocket for exams that are not yet the standard of care, and even the most up-to-date oncologists may be...
Conference Coverage
High BMI linked to better survival for cancer patients treated with ICI, but for men only
The reasons behind the findings and implications for treatment are unknown, as is whether it applies to patients with specific cancers.
Conference Coverage
A farewell to arms? Drug approvals based on single-arm trials can be flawed
Objective responses, not time-dependent survival outcomes, should be endpoints for single-arm trials, with results only used for conditional...
Conference Coverage
Time to cancer diagnoses in U.S. averages 5 months
Diagnosis time varied significantly across tumor types, as well as within the same tumor type.
Clinical Topics & News
Single Institution Retrospective Review of Patterns of Care and Disease Presentation in Female Veterans With Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
News
FDA warns of cancer risk in scar tissue around breast implants
This issue differs from breast implant–associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, a known risk among implant recipients.
News
Sex is still a taboo subject for patients with breast cancer
Only one out of four patients considered consulting a sexologist.