Breast Cancer
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Home-based intervention improves cognitive impairment in cancer survivors
A home-based intervention designed to address cognitive impairment in cancer survivors led to significant improvements in perceived cognitive...
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Delaying cancer treatment for fertility preservation did not affect outcomes
SALT LAKE CITY – Delaying cancer treatment for fertility preservation did not affect long-term cancer outcomes, suggest the findings from a...
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Women recovered half their ovarian reserve 13 months after chemotherapy
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Cancer survivors report two times greater medication use for anxiety and depression
Approximately 20% of adult cancer survivors in the United States – roughly 2.5 million – take medication for anxiety or depression, a rate that is...
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Medicare subsidies eliminate disparities in adherence to hormonal
The low-income subsidy in Medicare Part D is helping to eliminate racial disparities in adherence to hormonal therapy among breast cancer patients...
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FALCON airs PFS edge for fulvestrant in ER+ breast cancer
The selective estrogen receptor degrader fulvestrant continues to offer improved progression-free survival compared with the aromatase inhibitor...
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Overdiagnosis more likely than early detection of threatening cancer with mammography screening
Following the introduction of mammography, women were considerably more likely to have tumors that were overdiagnosed than to have earlier...
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CDC: Improvement in breast cancer mortality slower among black women
Breast cancer mortality rates decreased for both white and black women from 2000 to 2014, but the decrease was slower for black women.
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Ribociclib/letrozole combo a ‘game changer’ in advanced breast cancer
COPENHAGEN – Progression-free survival for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor–positive advanced breast cancer was significantly improved...
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Partial-breast irradiation alternative to mastectomy following recurrence
BOSTON – In women with in-breast failures following breast-conserving surgery and whole-breast irradiation, partial-breast irradiation with 3D...
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Boost dose pays off long term after surgery, WBRT for DCIS
BOSTON – Adding a boost dose after surgery and whole-breast radiation therapy (WBRT) for ductal carcinoma in situ offers a small but significant...