Breast Cancer
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Genomic profiling can improve PFS in metastatic breast cancer
Genomic testing for cancer is effective, experts say. Targeted therapy may be needed when genomic alterations are present.
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Cancer risk-reducing strategies: Focus on chemoprevention
Which patients are at risk for breast cancer, who might benefit from chemoprevention, and what therapy options are available?
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Cancer prevention through cascade genetic testing: A review of the current practice guidelines, barriers to testing and proposed solutions
Up to 400,000 women in the United States carry a gene mutation that translates to a high risk for breast and ovarian cancer. Cascade genetic...
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Large analysis confirms safety of nipple-sparing mastectomy
The authors found that overall survival and breast cancer–specific survival were similar for women undergoing nipple-sparing mastectomy and those...
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IUDs may increase background enhancement on breast MRI
However, “the study findings raise the question as to whether IUD status should be documented as a matter of course prior to performing breast MRI...
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Risk for breast cancer recurrence persists past 30 years
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Many breast cancer patients use cannabis for symptom relief
Survey finds that physicians were not highly regarded as a source of information about cannabis use.
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Gastric cancer prevalent in hereditary breast cancer patients
The risk of occult gastric cancer is highly prevalent in HLBC families with any type of CDH1 variant irrespective of a family history of gastric...
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Success in closing racial survival gap in lung and breast cancer
Adopting internal changes to system processes can eliminate racial disparities in cancer survival while improving survival for for all patients....
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NCI mammography trial mostly a ‘waste,’ says expert
Harvard physician says TMIST is underpowered and as a result, may be misleading.