Breast Cancer
Clinical Insights
How has the pandemic affected rural and urban cancer patients?
Guidelines
USPSTF plan for revising breast screening guidance questioned
From the Journals
New approach to breast screening based on breast density at 40
A proposed approach to breast screening would use a baseline measure of breast density at age 40 to determine the frequency of future screenings...
Conference Coverage
CXR-Net: An AI-based diagnostic tool for COVID-19
The tool showed promise in a pilot study.
Conference Coverage
Asymptomatic screening for COVID-19 in cancer patients still debated
Less than 1% of cancer patients studied were COVID-19 positive on asymptomatic screening.
Conference Coverage
Managing cancer outpatients during the pandemic: Tips from MSKCC
MSKCC has established guiding principles on how to manage cancer patients during the pandemic.
From the Journals
Long-term metformin use linked to fewer ER+ breast cancers
Observational data from more than 40,000 women with type 2 diabetes show fewer estrogen receptor–positive breast cancers in those treated with...
Conference Coverage
Study flags cardiovascular disease in men with breast cancer
Risk factors for heart disease were also elevated, highlighting the need for early involvement of cardiologists in this unique but growing...
From the Journals
Aspirin linked to reduced bladder, breast cancer mortality
“The results presented here add to the accumulating evidence that aspirin may improve survival for some cancers.”
From the Journals
Findings could change breast cancer risk management
In two large studies, variants in eight genes were significantly associated with breast cancer risk.
From the Journals
Obesity ‘clearly’ not tied to worse survival in metastatic breast cancer