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2004 to 2021 Saw Increase in Distant-Stage Breast Cancer Incidence

THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – During 2004 to 2021, there was an increase in distant-stage breast cancer incidence rates at presentation, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Radiology. R....

SABCS: Imlunestrant Tied to Improved PFS for ER-Positive, HER2-Negative Breast Cancer With ESR1 Mutations

THURSDAY, Dec. 12, 2024 – For patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2)-negative advanced breast cancer, imlunestrant leads to significantly...

Women With Cancer Can Safely Use Rogaine to Curb Hair Loss

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 – Women worried about losing their locks during chemotherapy can safely take hair-loss drugs during breast cancer care, a new study says. Minoxidil - the active ingredient...

Women With Cancer Can Safely Use Rogaine to Curb Hair Loss

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11, 2024 – Women worried about losing their locks during chemotherapy can safely take hair-loss drugs during breast cancer care, a new study says. Minoxidil - the active ingredient...

More Women Are Being Diagnosed With Breast Cancer at Later Stages

TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – More breast cancers are being detected later in women, giving the tumors a chance to spread and become life-threatening, a new study finds. This increase in late-stage...

Screening Primary Driver of Averted Cancer Deaths From 1975 to 2020

TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Over the past 45 years, cancer prevention and screening accounted for most cancer deaths averted for breast, cervical, colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers, according to a...

Adding Previous Screening Mammogram Images Improves Cancer Prediction

MONDAY, Dec. 9, 2024 – Five-year breast cancer (BC) risk prediction is improved with the addition of previous screening mammogram images beyond static models, according to a study published online...

AI Reads Multiple Mammograms to Help Predict Breast Cancer Risk

FRIDAY, Dec. 6, 2024 – A new AI can help identify women at higher risk for developing breast cancer by tracking changes in breast tissue, a new study shows. The AI compares women’s own mammograms o...

Prevention Outpaced Treatment Advances in Saving Lives From Major Cancers

THURSDAY, Dec. 5, 2024 – “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” founding father Benjamin Franklin once said. That’s definitely true of cancer, a new study has found. Cancer prevention and...

New Therapeutic Vaccine Gives Hope Against an Aggressive Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 – An experimental vaccine could offer fresh hope to women diagnosed with an aggressive and hard-to-treat form of breast cancer, new research suggests. The vaccine appears to...

Neoantigen DNA Vaccines Safe, Induce Response in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Nov. 14, 2024 – Neoantigen DNA vaccines are safe and capable of inducing neoantigen-specific immune responses in patients with triple-negative breast cancer, according to a study published...

Inavolisib + Palbociclib-Fulvestrant Improves Survival in Advanced Breast Cancer

THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 – Inavolisib plus palbociclib-fulvestrant yields significantly longer progression-free survival than placebo plus palbociclib-fulvestrant in patients with PIK3CA-mutated,...

Lack of Insurance Could Mean Later Cancer Diagnoses for Black, Hispanic Americans

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 – A lack of health insurance coverage raises the risk that cancers among Black and Hispanic Americans will be caught too late, a new study suggests. Being uninsured accounts...

Multigene Signature Can Help Tailor Chemo for Operable Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 30, 2024 – For patients with operative triple-negative breast cancer, a multigene signature can help tailor adjuvant chemotherapy, according to a study published online Oct. 23 in...

Guideline-Concordant Care Less Likely With Non-Hispanic Black Race

TUESDAY, Oct. 29, 2024 – For older patients with breast cancer, non-Hispanic Black race is associated with increased odds of not receiving guideline-concordant care (GCC) and less timely initiation...

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