Breast Cancer
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Pregnancy outcomes ‘favorable’ after BRCA breast cancer treatment
Pregnancy after treatment for breast cancer with BRCA mutations is safe, researchers say.
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Using telehealth to deliver palliative care to cancer patients
Dr. Alan Lyss discusses the use of telehealth for palliative cancer care, including results from the REACH PC trial.
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Pembrolizumab approved for triple-negative breast cancer
This is the first breast cancer indication for pembrolizumab.
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New cancer drugs may have saved more than 1.2 million Americans
Cancer drugs approved between 2000 and 2016 significantly reduced deaths from the most common cancers in the United States.
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‘Test all patients with cancer’: One in eight have inherited mutations
Nearly half of mutations identified in this study would have been missed under current guidelines.
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Study supports genetic testing in older women with breast cancer
Variants in BRCA1/2, CHEK2, and PALB2 were significantly associated with increased breast cancer risk in women older than 65 years.
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One-month delay in cancer treatment linked to increase in mortality
The risk of death varied by treatment type.
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New estimates for breast cancer risk with HRT
A new study shows an increased risk of breast cancer with hormone replacement therapy but suggests the risk is lower than previously reported.
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SRS instead of WBRT for patients with multiple brain metastases
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Cancer therapy affects sexual health in most patients