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Popular Weight Loss Drugs Now for Patients With Cancer?
Research suggests that obesity can reduce the effectiveness of cancer therapies.
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Screening Identifies Familial Risk for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer in Large Health System
The number needed to test to detect one BRCA1/2-positive patient decreased from 128 to 53 for women and from 119 to 42 for men when prescreening...
From the Journals
Black Women Have a Higher Risk for Death in BC Subtypes
Researchers examined racial differences in BC survival by subtype through conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis of 18 US studies.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA OKs Adjuvant Ribociclib in Earlier Stage Breast Cancer
The FDA also approved ribociclib and the aromatase inhibitor letrozole packaged together for the same indication.
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Cancer Risk: Are Pesticides the New Smoking?
A recent study evaluated cancer risks in the US population using a model that accounts for pesticide use and adjusts for various factors.
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Should Genetic Testing Be Routine for Breast Cancer?
Researchers conducted a cross-sectional study of 729 women with newly diagnosed invasive breast cancer to assess the efficacy of universal genetic...
Conference Coverage
A Simple Blood Test May Predict Cancer Risk in T2D
Can the markers of inflammation IL-6, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) be predictive...
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High Breast Cancer Risk With Menopausal Hormone Therapy & Strong Family History
A modeling study integrated a data set of women with age-specific breast cancer risk with family history and another that covers relative risk for...
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Breast Cancer Hormone Therapy May Protect Against Dementia
Researchers identified more than 18,000 women with breast cancer who did and did not receive hormone-modulating therapy within 3 years of their...
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False-Positive Mammography Results Linked to Reduced Rates of Future Screenings
Researchers analyzed more than three million screening mammograms from more than 1 million women.
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Do Clonal Hematopoiesis and Mosaic Chromosomal Alterations Increase Solid Tumor Risk?
Researchers analyzed whole genome sequencing data from 10,866 women in the WHI to explore possible associations between CHIP, mCA, and solid...