Breast Cancer
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Canadian guidance recommends reducing alcohol consumption
Consuming no drinks per week has benefits.
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People with cancer should be wary of taking dietary supplements
Many patients still think over-the-counter vitamins, minerals, or herbal remedies will help.
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Cancer clinics begin to accommodate patients demanding new cancer detection tests
Sales teams are making a big push for multicancer early detection tests.
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Oral minoxidil improves anticancer treatment–induced alopecia in women with breast cancer
Oral minoxidil has been receiving increased attention as an adjunctive therapy for hair loss, particularly for women.
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Six obstacles in breast cancer detection and treatment
Novel and effective therapies can make a difference only if patients have access to them, oncologists say.
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Most women with breast cancer elude serious COVID-19 vaccine side effects
The frequency of lymph node swelling was similar to the general population.
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Breast cancer diagnoses worse among Hispanics during COVID-19 pandemic
A study in San Antonio suggests low insurance coverage rates may be at least partially to blame.
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Structural racism tied to later-stage breast cancer diagnoses
Black patients were more likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer than White patients.
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Adjuvant chemo tied to better survival in low-risk node-positive breast cancer
The survival advantage was present in all patients under 50 years old.
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Cancer researcher banned from federal funding for faking data in nearly 400 images in 16 grant applications
The former basic medical sciences professor will be banned from receiving federal grants for a decade.
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Capivasertib/fulvestrant improves progression free survival in breast cancer
The combination of the investigational AKT inhibitor capivasertib and estrogen receptor antagonist fulvestrant, doubled progression-free survival...