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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...
Some Triple Negative Breast Cancers Might Be Avoided by Longer Breastfeeding
THURSDAY, May 15, 2025 – Shorter breastfeeding duration and younger age at first birth are known risk factors for triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and vary by race, according to research...
Weight Gain, Delayed Motherhood Linked To Breast Cancer Risk
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 — Significant weight gain paired with delayed or foregone motherhood nearly triples a young woman’s risk of later breast cancer, a new study says. Women were 2.7 times more lik...
AI Can Catch Hard-To-Detect Breast Cancers In Mammograms
WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 – Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent breast cancers that develop between routine mammograms, by catching ones that trained radiologists would overlook, a new study...
Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy Beneficial in BRCA1/2 Carriers With Personal History of Breast Cancer
TUESDAY, May 13, 2025 – For carriers of pathogenic variants in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with a personal history of breast cancer, bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) is beneficial, resulting in a reduced...
Weight Gain, Late First Pregnancy Combo Increases Breast Cancer Risk
MONDAY, May 12, 2025 – Weight gain combined with late first pregnancy (FP) or nulliparity is associated with an increased risk for breast cancer (BC), according to a study presented at the annual...
Ovary Removal Reduces Death, Cancer Risk Among Genetically Prone Breast Cancer Survivors
FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 — Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes appears to dramatically reduce the risk of death among breast cancer survivors who are genetically prone to cancer, a new study says. B...
Some Cancers Increasing in People Under 50, New Report Shows
FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 — More young adults in the U.S. are being diagnosed with cancer, and researchers are trying to figure out why. A new government report shows that rates of several types of cancer a...
Food Choices Could Influence First Period, Research Shows
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2025 — What your child eats could play a role in when they start puberty, a new study shows. Researchers found that girls who ate more inflammatory foods were 15% more likely to get ...
Racial Disparities Persist in Immediate Breast Reconstruction Rates
WEDNESDAY, May 7, 2025 – While there has been an increase in immediate breast reconstruction rates following mastectomy, racial disparities in reconstruction persist in the United States, according...
American Association for Cancer Research, April 25-30
The annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research was held this year from April 25 to 30 in Chicago, drawing approximately 20,000 participants from around the world, including s...
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...
Second Opinions Don't Significantly Delay Breast Cancer Treatment
TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay news) – It’s natural to feel a wave of anxiety following a diagnosis of breast cancer. But women shouldn’t let worries about delaying treatment deter them from see...
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...