Breast Cancer
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Quality of life benefit exaggerated in some cancer studies
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Cancer may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Study demonstrates elevated risk of developing diabetes for people with lung, pancreatic, breast, brain, urinary tract, or uterine cancers
Article
Highlights in Early Breast Cancer From the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
Highlights in early breast cancer from ASCO 2022 include results from NeoSTAR in triple-negative disease and 8-year follow-up of the ASTRRA study...
Article
Key Abstracts in Metastatic Breast Cancer From the 2022 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting
Key abstracts in metastatic breast cancer from ASCO 2022 include "showstopper" results from DESTINY-Breast04 and benefit from sacituzumab...
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‘Unexpected’: Breast cancer spreads most during sleep
The findings carry potential implications for the timing of biopsy and treatment of metastasis-prone cancers, the authors say.
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Good chemo vs. bad chemo: When too much is a bad thing
Study questions the use of inpatient chemotherapy pointing to negative outcomes and high mortality among some patients.
Opinion
My picks for best of ASCO 2022
First-line treatment for colorectal cancer, possible new standard of care for breast cancer, and more.
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Evidence still lacking that vitamins prevent CVD, cancer: USPSTF
In its final recommendation statement on the subject, the task force does, however, recommend against use of vitamin E and beta-carotene.
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Breast cancer less common in Black women, so why do more die?
This mortality gap likely reflects the fact that Black women face substantial barriers to obtaining timely, high-quality medical care, compared...
Conference Coverage
This breast tumor subtype disproportionately affects Black women
HR-positive basal tumors are overrepresented in Black women and may be biologically similar to TNBC.