Breast Cancer
News
Outpatient costs top drug costs in some insured, working women with breast cancer
‘Women think they are insured until they get a diagnosis,’ says the author of a new paper.
News
Survival improved for some patients with metastatic cancers
Among patients with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumors, neuroendocrine tumors, melanoma, and several cancers, 5-year survival increased by...
News
De-escalation still beneficial after 10 years for some HER2+ breast cancers
“This is the first study to report the long-term outcomes of patients with small, node-negative, HER2-positive breast cancers prospectively...
Conference Coverage
Breast conservation safe even with multiple-site tumors
“This is an important study confirming that breast conservation is feasible and safe for women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancers, with...
Expert Perspective
Antibody-Drug Conjugates: Targeted Treatments Providing Hope for Patients With Breast Cancer
News
Surgery for early breast cancer can worsen frailty in older women
About 1 in 5 experienced clinically significant deterioration in frailty status after treatment for breast cancer.
News
Few women identify breast density as a breast cancer risk
FDA requires that women be notified in writing when mammograms identify dense tissue.
Opinion
Can particles in dairy and beef cause cancer and MS?
Researchers found single-stranded DNA rings that originated in viruses, which they named bovine meat and milk factors, in the intestines of...
News
FDA strengthens mammography regulations: Final rule
A final rule requires that mammography facilities notify patients about the density of their breasts.
News
Breast cancer surgery timing matters, but is faster always better?
There are no national quality metrics delineating optimal breast cancer surgery timing.