Breast Cancer
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ASCO Update Keeps Breast Cancer Survivor Guidelines Intact
Major Finding: Updated recommendations from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s guidelines on follow-up care for breast cancer survivors...
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Age Ups Risk of Other Cancers in Breast Cancer Survivors
Major Finding: Crude 10-year incidences of multiple primary malignancy were 11.7, 16.7, 17.8, and 16.4/10,000 person-years for women younger than...
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Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Shows Less Aggressive Biology in Elderly
Major Finding: Older women were less likely to have tumors that were positive for Ki67 (48% vs. 87.7%) or p53 (44.6% vs.
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Cardiac Toxicity Not Seen 25 Years after Breast Radiation
Major Finding: There were no significant differences in major cardiac function parameters between women treated with modified radical mastectomy...
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Older Women Lived Longer With Radiotherapy After Lumpectomy
Major Finding: The overall survival rate was 88.6% at 5 years with radiation and lumpectomy vs.
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Screening Cuts Breast Cancer Deaths by 20%
Major Finding: For every 10,000 U.K.