Breast Cancer
Conference Coverage
High BMI linked to better survival for cancer patients treated with ICI, but for men only
The reasons behind the findings and implications for treatment are unknown, as is whether it applies to patients with specific cancers.
Conference Coverage
A farewell to arms? Drug approvals based on single-arm trials can be flawed
Objective responses, not time-dependent survival outcomes, should be endpoints for single-arm trials, with results only used for conditional...
Conference Coverage
Time to cancer diagnoses in U.S. averages 5 months
Diagnosis time varied significantly across tumor types, as well as within the same tumor type.
Clinical Topics & News
Single Institution Retrospective Review of Patterns of Care and Disease Presentation in Female Veterans With Breast Cancer During the COVID-19 Pandemic
News
FDA warns of cancer risk in scar tissue around breast implants
This issue differs from breast implant–associated anaplastic large-cell lymphoma, a known risk among implant recipients.
News
Sex is still a taboo subject for patients with breast cancer
Only one out of four patients considered consulting a sexologist.
News
Stronger evidence that exercise lowers breast cancer risk
“Increasing physical activity and reducing sedentary time are already recommended for cancer prevention. Our study adds further evidence that such...
News
Time to pull back on postsurgery radiation in breast cancer?
Prospective Dutch study suggests no harm in de-escalating therapy in cT1-2N1 patients.
News
Tumor-bed radiotherapy boost reduces DCIS recurrence risk
Regardless of the whole breast irradiation fractionation schedule, a 16 Gy tumor-bed boost halved the risk of DCIS recurrence at 5 years.
News
In denial: When patients don’t want to believe they have cancer
“It appears there is a paucity of answers sadly.”