Breast Cancer
Conference Coverage
Experimental Drug Puts ER-Positive Breast Cancer on Hold
Major Finding: Compared with letrozole alone, letrozole plus PD 0332991 was associated with significantly better progression-free survival (26.1...
Conference Coverage
Breast Cancer: Molecular Profiling Doesn't Trump Standard Pathology
News
Surviving breast cancer shouldn't mean relinquishing intimacy
Conference Coverage
Dr. C. Kent Osborne Previews the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium
Conference Coverage
More Bevacizumab Trials to Report Outcomes in San Antonio
Conference Coverage
San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium: More to Come on 2011 Practice Changers
News
Patients' Worry, Not Risk, Drives Double Mastectomies
Major Finding: Eighty percent of 107 women who underwent contralateral prophylactic mastectomy had no clinical indication for the procedure.
Commentary
Physician Roundtable: Does Screening Mammography Lead to Overdiagnosis, Overtreatment?
News
Screening Mammograms Overdiagnosed More Than 1 Million Women
Major Finding: Compared with the premammography era, routine screening now picks up 122 additional cases of early cancer per 100,000 women – just...
News
Breast Cancer Mortality Higher in Blacks Than Whites
Major Finding: Black women are 41% more likely to die from a breast cancer than are white women – despite having a significantly lower incidence...
News
ASCO Update Keeps Breast Cancer Survivor Guidelines Intact
Major Finding: Updated recommendations from the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s guidelines on follow-up care for breast cancer survivors...