Breast Cancer
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Variants of nine breast cancer genes associated with severe disease
Findings may potentially inform guidelines for gene panel testing. Breast cancer gene variants most often associated with triple-negative and/or...
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Poor trial representation tied to worse breast cancer survival
Patient groups such as patients of color, older patients, and those with comorbidities are not well represented in clinical trials, and it remains...
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Breast cancer trials enrolling now: Could your patient benefit?
Menopausal women at moderate risk of breast cancer, early high-risk candidates, and more sought for clinical trials.
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Experimental breast cancer immunotherapy treatment passes important hurdle in pilot study
Tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes show promise in six patients.
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Increase in late-stage cancer diagnoses after pandemic
“Patients who have delayed preventative care during the pandemic should be encouraged to resume treatment as soon as possible.”
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Late-onset recurrence in breast cancer: Implications for women’s health clinicians in survivorship care
Data show that late-onset recurrence is more likely among patients with an initial tumor size >2 cm, lymph node–positive disease, and hormone...
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Breast cancer now leading cause of cancer death in Black women
"Black women are 41% more likely to die from breast cancer than White women despite a lower risk of being diagnosed with the disease."
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Cost not a factor in radiotherapy type for breast cancer patients
“Hypofractionated radiotherapy represents significant savings to both the health care system and to individual patients. It may soon become the...
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Some U.S. women not getting ET for curable breast cancer
Half of breast cancer patients eligible for endocrine therapy are not receiving tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitors.
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New combo therapy for breast implant–associated lymphoma
“For the people who need systemic therapy,” it appears from the current results that BV-CHP “is a very good option.”