Breast Cancer
News
Overweight, obesity increase risk of cardiotoxicity from anthracyclines
Key clinical point: Being overweight or obese was significantly associated with a greater risk of developing cardiotoxicity among breast cancer...
News
Study shows faster increase in obesity prevalence among cancer survivors
Key clinical point: Cancer survivors had a significantly faster increase in obesity prevalence compared with adults without a history of cancer....
News
New HER2-testing guidelines result in more women eligible for HER2-directed treatment
Key clinical point: New IHC and FISH pathology guidelines categorize more breast cancers as “equivocal” regarding HER2 positivity and ultimately...
Original Report
Symptoms, unmet need, and quality of life among recent breast cancer survivors
Conference Coverage
New data shed light on impact of resecting the primary tumor in stage IV breast cancer
Key clinical point: Resecting the primary tumor up front had a survival benefit, whereas resecting it after a response to systemic therapy did not...
Conference Coverage
Safety of sentinel node dissection alone holds up a decade out
Key clinical point: In women with clinical early-stage breast cancer who have a positive sentinel node and undergo breast-conserving therapy,...
Commentary
Ipsilateral arm BP measurements after breast cancer?
Does the literature justify avoiding blood pressure measurements and blood draws on the ipsilateral arm after breast cancer?
News
I-SPY 2 graduates two neoadjuvant treatments to phase III trials
Key clinical point: Two neoadjuvant therapy combinations – one for triple negative breast cancer and one for HER2-positive breast cancer – have a...