Breast Cancer
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Omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy safe for some early breast cancers
Data support “the argument that sentinel node positivity is not, in and of itself, a critical parameter that determines therapeutic plans and...
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Have early-onset cancer cases soared? Not so fast, experts say
“Epidemic news, but no epidemic of cancer.”
Opinion
The safety of vaginal estrogen in breast cancer survivors
Concomitant use of vaginal estrogen and aromatase inhibitors was associated with a higher risk for breast cancer recurrence than was use of...
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Do AI chatbots give reliable answers on cancer? Yes and no
“The chatbot was most likely to mix in incorrect recommendations among correct ones, an error difficult even for experts to detect.”
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Breast cancer: Hope in sight for improved tamoxifen therapy?
Eventually, the idea is to combine treatment with antiestrogens with a medicinal product that promotes localization of PRMT5 in the nucleus to...
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Cancer rates rise among people under age 50
“If we don’t understand what’s causing this risk and we can’t do something to change it, we’re afraid that as time goes on, it’s going to become a...
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How useful are circulating tumor cells for early diagnosis?
Their link with metastases, and thus with aggressive tumors, gives them an advantage over other (noninvasive or minimally invasive) biomarkers in...
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AI-supported breast screens may reduce radiologist workload
The potential for overdiagnosis or overdetection of indolent lesions in the intervention group should “prompt caution in the interpretation of...
Opinion
The unique approach involved in age-specific concerns surrounding young patients with breast cancer
We need to take care of many things, which can go from their job, family, fertility, and all these things are specific to these women and can...
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Fatalities from breast cancer have ‘improved substantially’
Women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are more likely to become long-term survivors of the disease now than they were 20 years ago.