Breast Cancer
News
Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy adds complications
Major finding: The percentage of patients experiencing any complications was 29% for patients who had a unilateral mastectomy, compared with 42%...
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Breast cancer: Cardiac risk increases with radiation dose to heart
Major finding: The risk of major coronary events increased by 7.4% per 1 Gy of radiation received as treatment for breast cancer.Data source: A...
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Lipid metabolism genes linked to breast cancer subtype
Major finding: A clustering analysis of eight genes separated cases into expression groups; 70% of the low-expression cases had ER-positive tumors...
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Imaging agent approved for locating lymph nodes
Commentary
Direct access to unexpected genetic test results
Article
Trastuzumab emtansine in advanced HER2-positive breast cancer
Research
Treatment patterns in HER2-/HR-positive postmenopausal women with metastatic breast cancer initiating first-line treatment in a community oncology setting in the US
Research
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of oral coenzyme Q 10 to relieve self-reported treatment-related fatigue in newly diagnosed patients with breast cancer
Original Report
Relationship between arm morbidity and patient-reported outcomes following surgery in women with node-negative breast cancer: NSABP protocol B-32
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Metastatic breast cancer incidence is rising among young women
Major Finding: The incidence of women aged 25-39 years presenting with metastatic breast cancer rose steadily from 1.53/100,000 in 1976 to 2.90/...