Tag: Cancer: Breast
Care Delayed for Many U.S. Breast Cancer Patients Early in Pandemic
Younger patients experienced more delays; otherwise, no differences seen by race, insurance type
Targeted Intraoperative RT Is Effective Alternative to EBRT
TARGIT-IORT during lumpectomy noninferior to EBRT for local recurrence in women with early breast cancer
Breast Cancer Mortality Decreased With Mammography From Age 40
Breast cancer mortality significantly dropped at 10 years of follow-up, attenuated after 10 years
Surgical Delays Not Life-Threatening in Early Breast Cancer
Increased time to surgery linked to elevated odds of pathological upstaging in DCIS, not in invasive cancer
Study IDs Which Women Benefit From DBT Versus Digital Mammography
Benefits of DBT seen in women with heterogeneously dense breasts, scattered fibroglandular density
Early Breast Cancer Screening Benefits Childhood Cancer Survivors
Early initiation of breast cancer screening with MRI may reduce breast cancer mortality by more than half
Medicaid Expansion Linked to Drop in Uninsured With Breast Cancer
Significant reductions in uninsured patients, in advanced-stage disease, especially in African-Americans
Breast Cancer Surgery Found to Be Safe in Older Women
Serious adverse events in those 70 years and older found to be rare
ASCO: At-Home Ovarian, Breast Cancer Genetic Testing Feasible
Testing without the traditional office visits and counseling poses no additional stress to women
Insulin Resistance May Add to Racial Disparity in Breast Cancer Prognosis
Tumors from black women with invasive breast cancer have higher expression of the insulin receptor
