Breast Cancer
News
Smaller margins too close for comfort in breast cancer
Major finding: Surgical margin status was associated with an eightfold risk for local-regional recurrence of breast cancer.Data source:...
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Supreme Court ponders patenting of human genes
Aesthetic Dermatology
Pulsed-dye laser erased evidence of breast radiation
Major finding: The mean clearance of radiation-induced telangiectasias with a pulsed-dye laser was 72.7% (range, 50%-90%), after a mean of 4.3...
News
USPSTF draft recommendations update chemoprevention for breast cancer
Conference Coverage
Mammography screening at 75 may have value
Major finding: Women aged 75 years and older were 3 times more likely to die from breast cancer if they went 5 or more years between mammograms,...
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%...
News
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...
Clinical Review
UPDATE ON BREAST HEALTH
A look at findings from the estrogen-alone arm of the WHI, chemoprophylaxis for high-risk women, and fertility preservation for young breast...
News
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/...