Breast Cancer
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Lynch Syndrome Linked to Breast, Pancreatic Cancers
Major Finding: Lynch syndrome increases the risk of breast cancer 4-fold, and the risk of pancreatic cancer 11-fold.
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Breast Cancer Mortality Rises with Age in Older Women
Major Finding: The rate of death from breast cancer rose from 5.7% in women younger than 65, to 6.3% in women aged 65-74, and to 8.3% in women...
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Breast Cancer Drug Exemestane Linked to BMD Loss
Major Finding: The percent loss in total volumetric BMD at the distal radius was three times greater after 2 years on exemestane (6.1%) than...
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Pertuzumab plus trastuzumab and docetaxel in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer
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Military Announces New Breast Cancer Vaccine
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Re-Excision Rates After Breast-Conserving Surgery Vary Greatly
Major Finding: The rate of re-excision after initial breast-conserving surgery for invasive breast cancer varied from 0% to 70% across different...
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Bevacizumab Boosts Treatment Responses in Early Breast Cancer
Major Finding: Adding bevacizumab to neoadjuvant chemotherapy increased the rate of pathological complete response from 28.2% to 34.5% in one...
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Trastuzumab Bests Lapatinib for HER2 Breast Cancer
Major Finding: In the GeparQuinto trial, 30% of 307 HER2-positive patients treated with trastuzumab had a pathological complete response, compared...
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Safety of Skin-Sparing Mastectomy Confirmed Short-Term
Major Finding: Of 412 patients who underwent therapeutic total skin-sparing mastectomies and immediate reconstruction, four patients (1%)...