Breast Cancer
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Obesity increasing the risk for cancer: It’s complicated
For some cancers it was “very clear that obesity increased the risk ... but for some other cancer types, we either don’t have enough data yet or...
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Cancer Data Trends 2022
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Is this the most controversial issue in early breast cancer treatment?
For patients who are hearing their options for the first time, chemotherapy “feels scary,” and there is “a lot of stigma” associated with it.
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False-positive breast cancer screening likely over 10-year period
Breast cancer screening modality has less effect on the probability of false-positive results than screening interval, patient age, and breast...
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Breast density linked to familial breast cancer risk
Findings underscore the need for mammograms early in high risk premenopausal women.
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Doctors treat osteoporosis with hormone therapy against guidelines
Some postmenopausal women may be appropriate candidates for the use of hormone therapy for the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures.
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FDA approves first PARP inhibitor for early
BRCA+ breast cancer
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Appropriate cancer screening for women with dense breasts
The data do not support mandating supplemental MRI as part of breast cancer screening for women with extremely dense breasts
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Heavy drinking in your 20s has lasting impact on cancer risk
People generally do not expect their heavy drinking in early adulthood to affect their cancer risk many years later.
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MRI with mammogram reduces breast cancer mortality by more than 50% in high-risk women
In this high-risk study group, annual MRI screenings started at 30 years old, followed by MRI with mammogram at 40 years old.