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Clinical Breast Exam Rarely Detects Second Breast Cancer After DCIS
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – For patients undergoing surveillance following diagnosis and treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), very few second breast cancers are detected by clinical breast...
Race Still Plays Role in U.S. Cancer Death Rates
FRIDAY, Jan. 12, 2024 – While cancer death rates have fallen among Americans generally over the past two decades, a new study finds Black Americans are still more likely than whites to die from the...
Acute Hospital Care at Home Shows Promise for Medically Complex Patients
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 – A diverse group of medically complex patients receive acute hospital care at home (AHCaH), with low rates of mortality during hospitalization and at 30 days, according to a...
Getting Hospital-Level Care at Home Is Safe, Effective: Study
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 – It's an approach that's becoming more widespread: Receiving hospital-level care in the home. A new study finds that folks "hospitalized" at home tend to do at least as well...
Many Women Bypass Nearest Hospital for Breast Cancer Surgery
MONDAY, Jan. 8, 2024 – Many women undergoing breast-conserving surgery (BCS) or mastectomy bypass their nearest hospitals, according to a study published online Jan. 8 in Cancer. Ajay Aggarwal,...
Artificial Intelligence Risk Model Validated for Predicting Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 4, 2024 – Across European populations, an artificial intelligence (AI) risk model shows generalizable discriminatory performance for predicting breast cancer among women with a...
Trends Explored for Aesthetic Breast Augmentation From 2005 to 2021
TUESDAY, Dec. 26, 2023 – For aesthetic breast augmentation, the most common technique remains smooth silicone prosthesis placed in the subpectoral plane through inframammary incision, according to a...
SABCS: Serum Hormones Can Help ID Benefit of Anastrozole
MONDAY, Dec. 11, 2023 – Serum hormone concentrations can help ascertain which women with breast cancer will benefit from anastrozole treatment, according to a study published online Dec. 6 in The...
SABCS: Outcomes No Worse for Survivors With Less Frequent Mammograms
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 – For women with breast cancer aged 50 years or older and three years postdiagnosis, outcomes are no worse with less frequent mammograms than annual mammograms, according to a...
SABCS: 22 Percent of Young BRCA Carriers Conceive After Breast Cancer
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 – Twenty-two percent of young BRCA carriers conceive within 10 years after diagnosis of breast cancer, according to a study published online Dec. 7 in the Journal of the...
Women With Very Early Breast Cancer May Safely Skip Radiation Rx: Study
FRIDAY, Dec. 8, 2023 – Some women with a very early form of breast cancer known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) can safely skip follow-up radiation therapy after surgery, new research suggests....
SABCS: Neoadjuvant Chemo Can Let Breast Cancer Patients Skip Nodal RT
THURSDAY, Dec. 7, 2023 – Patients who present with breast cancer with axillary node involvement (cN+) who are found to be pathologically node-negative at surgery (ypN0) after neoadjuvant...
Exercise Brings Better Quality of Life to Women With Advanced Breast Cancer
THURSDAY, Dec. 7, 2023 – Exercise can boost the quality of life of women who are battling advanced breast cancer, a new study has found. Women who took part in a nine-month structured exercise...
Prediction Model for Invasive Breast Cancer Improved With Additional Risk Factors
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 6, 2023 – The inclusion of additional risk factors improves the predictive value of the Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC) version 2 model for identifying women at risk for...
ASTRO Issues Guidance Related to Partial Breast Irradiation
FRIDAY, Dec. 1, 2023 – In a clinical practice guideline issued by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) published online Nov. 15 in Practical Radiation Oncology, recommendations are...
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