Breast Cancer
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Adding liothyronine for hypothyroidism doesn’t up breast cancer risk
A large Swedish study shows those treated with LT3 in combination with LT4 for hypothyroidism have no greater breast cancer...
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U.S. cancer death rates drop for second year in a row
Mortality from cancer continues to decline in the United States, driven largely by major reductions in death rates from non–small cell lung cancer...
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Adaptive biomarker approach may spare some breast cancer patients chemo
The combination of recurrence score and Ki-67 response to a short preoperative course of endocrine therapy identified patients who could...
Conference Coverage
One-week radiotherapy course should be standard for early invasive breast cancer, experts say
Two 1-week adjuvant radiotherapy regimens for breast cancer are as effective as the standard 3-week regimen, the FAST-Forward trial suggests.
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Most common cancer diagnosis globally: Breast surpasses lung
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First-in-class ADC has benefit across mTNBC subgroups
For women with pretreated metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, sacituzumab govitecan improved outcomes regardless of target protein...
Conference Coverage
Breast surgery may be a gateway to addictive medication use
More than 13% of women who underwent a mastectomy with reconstruction became persistent users of opioids and/or sedative-hypnotic drugs thereafter...
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Pregnancy outcomes ‘favorable’ after BRCA breast cancer treatment
Pregnancy after treatment for breast cancer with BRCA mutations is safe, researchers say.
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Using telehealth to deliver palliative care to cancer patients
Dr. Alan Lyss discusses the use of telehealth for palliative cancer care, including results from the REACH PC trial.
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Pembrolizumab approved for triple-negative breast cancer
This is the first breast cancer indication for pembrolizumab.
