Tag: Cancer: Breast
ASCO Updates Recommendations for Managing Hereditary Breast Cancer
Rapid recommendation provides updated guidance on the use of adjuvant olaparib
Ovarian Stimulation Drugs Not Tied to Higher Breast Cancer Risk
Use of clomiphene citrate or gonadotropins, alone or in combination, not associated with increased risk for breast cancer
Women’s Cancer Screenings Plummeted During Pandemic
Decline especially noticeable among women of racial and ethnic minority groups with low incomes
Breast Cancer Prognosis No Better With Five Versus Two Years of Zoledronate
No significant difference found in disease-free survival, overall survival, distant disease-free survival for five versus two years of treatment
Breast Cancer Risk Up With Inflammatory Potential of Diet
Women in highest quintile of inflammatory score of the diet had significantly increased risk, especially premenopausal women
MS Linked to Lower Survival After Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Risk for all-cause mortality increased, but no association seen between multiple sclerosis and cancer-specific survival
HR Status, Age Impact Risk for Subsequent Cancers in Breast Cancer Survivors
Those surviving breast cancer for more than one year have higher risk for subsequent primary cancers
SLNB, RT Not Tied to Better Outcomes in Older Women With Breast Cancer
Receipt of sentinel lymph node biopsy or radiotherapy not associated with improved locoregional recurrence-free or disease-free survival
More Parity in Breast Reconstruction Seen With Medicaid Expansion
Increases in breast reconstruction rates among non-Hispanic Black women associated with Medicaid expansion
Cryoablation Promising for Early Breast Cancer
Almost all patients and physicians report satisfaction from cosmetic results; overall recurrence rate 2.06 percent
