Tag: Cancer: Breast
Racial Disparities Seen for Cost of Unplanned Care After Breast Reconstruction
However, race is not a significant predictor of unplanned hospital visits
Biological Aging Accelerated With Breast Cancer Diagnosis, Treatment
Radiation has strong positive association with biological aging in analyses examining different breast cancer therapies
Models Can Predict Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema
Preoperative and postoperative models are highly accurate for predicting BCRL in women undergoing axillary lymph node dissection and sentinel lymph node biopsy
Barriers to Breast Cancer Screening Adherence Identified
Common barriers to screening adherence include race/ethnicity, low socioeconomic and education levels
Mortality Rates Have Decreased for Women With Early Invasive Breast Cancer
Crude five-year breast cancer mortality was 14.4 and 4.9 percent for women diagnosed during 1993-1999 and 2010-2015
Many at Risk Do Not Undergo Supplemental Screening After Mammography
Ultrasound screening targeted to women with dense breasts, but not all had high interval invasive breast cancer risk
Capivasertib-Fulvestrant Therapy Increases PFS in HR-Positive Breast Cancer
Findings seen in patients with hormone receptor-positive advanced breast cancer with relapse, progression during aromatase inhibitor treatment
ASCO: Phone-Based Coaching Helps Breast Cancer Patients Lose Weight
Authors say next step in research is to see if weight loss impacts cancer recurrence
Fluorescent Guide Can ID Tumor Missed by Standard Lumpectomy
Use of pegulicianine fluorescence-guided surgery in breast cancer surgery had specificity of 85.2 percent on per-margin analysis
Extended Antibiotic Prophylaxis Not Beneficial After Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction
Extended antibiotics do not reduce infection or reconstruction failure after postmastectomy breast reconstruction