Breast Cancer
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Breast Cancer Tumor Board
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Breast cancer recurrence lower, survival better with dose-intensified regimens
Shorter chemotherapy cycles and sequential dosing were associated with lower recurrence rates and better breast cancer-specific survival.
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Why Am I Being Treated Like a Female Breast Cancer Patient?
A joint patient and oncologist perspective on treating male breast cancer in the VA.
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Therapy ups breast cancer survivors’ cardiac risks
WASHINGTON – Anthracycline-based chemotherapy, anti-HER2 agents, and radiation all increase the risk for subsequent heart disease in breast cancer...
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Clinical relevance of tamoxifen pharmacogenetics in question
Investigators found no significant association between endoxifen concentrations or CYP2D6 genotyping and relapse-free survival in patients with...
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Single-cell genomics drive progress toward human breast cell atlas development
SAN ANTONIO – Improved understanding of the cellular landscape of both normal breast tissue and breast cancer could...
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AML, myeloma risk higher for breast cancer survivors
Risk for both myeloid and lymphoid neoplasms was higher among breast cancer survivors than in the general population.
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FDA approves third trastuzumab biosimilar
The drug is approved for treatment of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer and HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction...
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High postpartum breast cancer metastasis risk may persist for a decade
Analysis of more than 700 patients showed that risk of metastasis was approximately twofold higher for a decade after childbirth, with risks about...
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Progress in cancer research slowed by broken system
Unreported conflicts of interest are just one component of a broken system, according to a former chief medical officer for the ACS, the president...