Breast Cancer
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How is oncology adapting to COVID-19?
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Disruptions in cancer care in the era of COVID-19
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‘Like a coin flip’: Assay denies some cancer patients new drug
Investigators find fault with an assay used to determine which triple-negative breast cancer patients are eligible to receive atezolizumab.
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Mammography does not reduce breast cancer deaths in women 75 and older
An observational study showed modest benefit for annual mammography in women aged 70-74 years, while women aged 75 years and older saw no benefit...
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Glaring gap in CV event reporting in pivotal cancer trials
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Breast cancer treatments veer from guidelines
Clinicians used genetic test results correctly when making surgical decisions, but decisions about radiotherapy and chemotherapy did not align...
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Data emerging to support personalized nutrition in oncology
SAN DIEGO – Fasting has been linked to improvements in chemotherapy efficacy and decreased side effects.
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Pembrolizumab plus chemo boosts pCR rate in TNBC
SAN ANTONIO – The immune checkpoint inhibitor added to standard chemotherapy increased the likelihood of a pathologic complete remission,...
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Ten-year results support partial breast irradiation
SAN ANTONIO – There was no statistically significant difference in 10-year ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence between those who received...
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Though metastatic breast cancer survival is improving, rates vary by region
A lag in survival improvement across different regions suggests that some groups and regions may benefit unequally from treatment advances as well...
