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Former MTV Host Ananda Lewis Dies at 52 After Breast Cancer Battle

FRIDAY, June 13, 2025 — Ananda Lewis, a former MTV host and TV personality, is dead at 52. Her friend Lakshmi Emory shared the news in a June 11 Facebook post. “She’s free, and in His heavenly arms,” ...

FDA Authorizes First AI Platform for Breast Cancer Prediction

FRIDAY, June 6, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted de novo authorization to CLAIRITY BREAST, a first-in-class, image-based platform that can help predict a woman's risk for...

Odds of Advanced Cancer, Breast Cancer Death Lower in Screen-Detected Disease

THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 – For patients aged 40 years or older, screen-detected breast cancer is associated with lower odds of advanced cancer, mastectomy, and breast cancer-related death, according...

Nodal Irradiation Does Not Reduce Recurrence, Death for ypN0 Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, June 5, 2025 – For patients with node-positive breast cancer who become pathologically tumor-free with negative axillary nodes (ypN0) after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, the addition of...

Culturally Tailored Intervention Beneficial for Latina Breast Cancer Survivors

MONDAY, June 2, 2025 – A culturally tailored intervention for Latina breast cancer survivors (BCSs) yields clinically relevant but not statistically significant improvement in anxiety and fatigue...

ASCO: Vepdegestrant Ups Survival in ER+, HER2− Advanced Breast Cancer With ESR1 Mutations

MONDAY, June 2, 2025 – For patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer, the oral proteolysis-targeting chimera ER...

AI Helps ID Candidates For Targeted Breast Cancer Treatment

WEDNESDAY, May 28, 2025 – Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), more women might soon benefit from targeted breast cancer treatment, a new study says. AI can help identify women who might be...

Additional Breast Cancer Scans Can Triple Detection In Women With Dense Breasts

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 — Louise Duffield, 60, was relieved to receive a normal mammogram result in 2023, but agreed to undergo an additional MRI scan recommended as part of a clinical trial. Her m...

Abbreviated Breast MRI Has High Diagnostic Accuracy for Dense Breasts

THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 – For women with extremely dense breasts who are negative for cancer at mammography, abbreviated breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for first-round screening has high...

Obtaining Second Opinion Delays Treatment for Breast Cancer, but Not Appreciably

TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 – For patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer, obtaining a second opinion is associated with increased overall time from diagnosis to treatment; however, time to treatment...

AACR: Incidence-Based Mortality Dropping for Young Women With Breast Cancer

TUESDAY, April 29, 2025 – Incidence-based mortality (IBM) declined from 2010 to 2020 among women aged 20 to 49 years diagnosed with breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual...

Program Matches Breast Cancer Patients To Exercise, Rehab

MONDAY, April 28, 2025 – Breast cancer patients fare better if they continue to exercise during their treatment, and a new program can help women get the activity they need to boost their odds,...

Brain Functional Networks Affected by Neoadjuvant Chemo in Breast Cancer

MONDAY, April 14, 2025 – For patients with breast cancer, the brain functional network shows a shift toward a more randomized pattern after neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), with progression of...

Breast Surgery Can Be Omitted After Neoadjuvant Systemic Therapy in Select Patients

FRIDAY, April 11, 2025 – Omission of breast surgery after neoadjuvant systemic therapy (NST) in select patients with invasive breast cancer may be feasible, according to a study published online...

Study Quantifies Breast Shrinkage After T1 Tumor Lumpectomy

FRIDAY, April 4, 2025 – Patients with T1 tumors undergoing breast-conserving therapy/radiation therapy (BCT/RT) may lose about 20 percent of breast volume at one year, according to a study published...

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