Breast Cancer
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Psoriasis Patients Have Low Rates of Common Cancers
Major Finding: There were 232 cancer cases in 3,289 psoriasis patients, for a cumulative incidence rate of 588/100,000 population with psoriasis,...
Conference Coverage
Dr. C. Kent Osborne Previews the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Conference Coverage
More Bevacizumab Trials to Report Outcomes in San Antonio
Conference Coverage
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: More to Come on 2011 Practice Changers
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Patients' Worry, Not Risk, Drives Double Mastectomies
Major Finding: Eighty percent of 107 women who underwent contralateral prophylactic mastectomy had no clinical indication for the procedure.
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Physician Roundtable: Does Screening Mammography Lead to Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment?
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Screening Mammograms Overdiagnosed More Than 1 Million Women
Major Finding: Compared with the premammography era, routine screening now picks up 122 additional cases of early cancer per 100,000 women – just...
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Worse Cosmesis, Toxicity with Partial- vs. Whole-Breast Irradiation
Major Finding: Nearly a third (32%) of women who underwent accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) with a 3-D conformal technique had...
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Breast Cancer Mortality Higher in Blacks Than Whites
Major Finding: Black women are 41% more likely to die from a breast cancer than are white women – despite having a significantly lower incidence...