Breast Cancer
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What the first authorized DNA cancer risk test can and can’t tell you
The test can identify genetic variants that increase an individual’s risk of certain cancers and help identify potential cancer-related hereditary...
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Breast reconstruction post mastectomy: What matters most to women?
“This study provides information on how women value different aspects of their care when making decisions for breast reconstruction.”
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This is how you get patients back for follow-up cancer testing
“What concerns me is that despite the various interventions implemented to encourage and support patients to return for follow-up testing, over 60...
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Does surgery improve survival in metastatic breast cancer?
“The analysis revealed no overall survival benefit for patients who underwent surgical excision of their primary breast tumor.”
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‘Reassuring’ follow-up validates radiation strategy for early breast cancer
At 10 years, partial-breast/reduced-dose therapy are still noninferior to whole-breast approach.
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Adopting high-dose radiation vs. conventional after mastectomy could be ‘game changer’
The use of the higher-dose approach, known as hypofractionation, “resulted in fewer treatment breaks and less financial toxicity.”
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SABR could defer systemic therapy in oligoprogressive breast cancer
“We found surprisingly that SABR delayed a change in therapy by 10 months, which is great for patients.”
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USPSTF should reconsider recommendation to lower mammogram age: Experts
The benefit is arguably small, while the harms appear quite significant.
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It’s safe to skip SLNB for small, ultrasound-negative breast cancer
Trial results support “the argument that sentinel node positivity is not, in and of itself, a critical parameter that determines therapeutic plans...
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Older women who get mammograms risk overdiagnosis
The proportion of older women who continue to receive screening mammograms and may experience breast cancer overdiagnosis is “considerable” and “...
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Omitting sentinel lymph node biopsy safe for some early breast cancers
Data support “the argument that sentinel node positivity is not, in and of itself, a critical parameter that determines therapeutic plans and...