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Breast Cancer A Killer In Poor Countries, Report Says

TUESDAY, Feb. 25, 2025 – Breast cancer deaths are expected to increase during the next quarter-century, largely impacting the world’s poorest nations, a new international study says. About 1.1 m...

Minority Groups Less Likely to Receive Diagnostic Services After Abnormal Mammogram

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 19, 2025 – For patients after screening mammography, onsite availability of most diagnostic services is similar across race and ethnicity groups, but minority groups are less likely...

What Cancer Screenings Do You Need? A Quick Guide

SATURDAY, Feb. 15, 2025 – Cancer screenings can save lives by detecting cancer early, when treatment is most effective. With an estimated 2 million new cancer cases expected in 2025, regular...

AI Contributes to Early Detection of Clinically Relevant Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Feb. 13, 2025 – Artificial intelligence (AI) contributes to early detection of clinically relevant breast cancer, according to a study published online Feb. 3 in The Lancet Digital Health....

Breast Cancer: Fear of Recurrence Can Haunt Women for Years

MONDAY, Feb. 10, 2025 – A survey of hundreds of breast cancer survivors finds that tumor recurrence fear can wreak havoc on a woman's emotions. “Cancer is all around us. Everything is a trigger," o...

Pre-Op Immunotherapy May Help Treat Aggressive Breast Cancers

FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 – Giving patients with a common form of breast cancer an immunotherapy drug before surgery appears to boost outcomes, a new phase 3 trial finds. The study involved patients with...

Nivolumab Added to Chemo Improves Response in ER+, HER2− Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 – For patients with high-risk, early-stage estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative primary breast cancer (BC), adding...

FDA Approval Expands Earlier Use of Enhertu for Metastatic Breast Cancer

MONDAY, Feb. 3, 2025 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Enhertu (trastuzumab deruxtecan) for the treatment of adult patients with unresectable or metastatic hormone receptor ...

FDA Approves Datroway for HR-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer

FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Datroway (datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk) for adult patients with unresectable or metastatic, hormone receptor (HR)-positive, ...

Adjuvant Trastuzumab Emtansine Improves Overall Survival in HER2+ Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Jan. 16, 2025 – For patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-positive early breast cancer, adjuvant trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) improves overall survival more than...

AI-Supported Double Mammogram Reading Improves Detection Rate

TUESDAY, Jan. 14, 2025 – Artificial intelligence (AI)-supported double-reading mammography is associated with a higher breast cancer detection rate, without affecting the recall rate, compared with...

Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Development Tied to Heart Failure Risk

FRIDAY, Jan. 10, 2025 – For women with newly diagnosed invasive breast cancer (BC), weight gain is associated with an increased risk for heart failure, according to a research letter published...

Nonadherence to Cancer Screening Varies by Screening Type

THURSDAY, Jan. 9, 2025 – Nonadherence to cancer screening varies by screening type and sex, according to a study published online Jan. 3 in JAMA Network Open. Ami E. Sedani, Ph.D., M.P.H., from the...

Individuals With Advanced Breast Cancer at Diagnosis More Likely to Have CVD

MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – Individuals with advanced breast cancer at diagnosis are more likely to have prevalent cardiovascular disease (CVD), according to a study published online Jan. 2 in JAMA...

Decrease Seen in In Situ Breast Cancer Since 2009

MONDAY, Jan. 6, 2025 – The incidence of in situ breast cancer has decreased since 2009, consistent with decreasing use of mammography in association with the 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force...

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