Breast Cancer
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1 in 7 breast cancer patients report worsening personal finances
New survey doesn’t find a link between money woes and stage of disease or treatment.
Conference Coverage
Omega-3 fatty acids linked to less FOXA1 in benign breast tissue
Findings suggest transcription factor could be a helpful biomarker in cancer prevention trials.
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MammoRisk: A novel tool for assessing breast cancer risk
The assessment is based on a patient's clinical data and breast density, with or without a polygenic risk score.
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Breakthrough COVID dangerous for vaccinated cancer patients
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Obesity increasing the risk for cancer: It’s complicated
For some cancers it was “very clear that obesity increased the risk ... but for some other cancer types, we either don’t have enough data yet or...
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False-positive breast cancer screening likely over 10-year period
Breast cancer screening modality has less effect on the probability of false-positive results than screening interval, patient age, and breast...
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Breast density linked to familial breast cancer risk
Findings underscore the need for mammograms early in high risk premenopausal women.
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Doctors treat osteoporosis with hormone therapy against guidelines
Some postmenopausal women may be appropriate candidates for the use of hormone therapy for the prevention of osteoporosis and fractures.
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FDA approves first PARP inhibitor for early
BRCA+ breast cancer
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Appropriate cancer screening for women with dense breasts
The data do not support mandating supplemental MRI as part of breast cancer screening for women with extremely dense breasts
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Heavy drinking in your 20s has lasting impact on cancer risk
People generally do not expect their heavy drinking in early adulthood to affect their cancer risk many years later.