Breast Cancer
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Breast cancer less common in Black women, so why do more die?
This mortality gap likely reflects the fact that Black women face substantial barriers to obtaining timely, high-quality medical care, compared...
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Survival for elderly breast cancer patients 25% after 4 years
The finding is based on an analysis of data between 2012 and 2016 from the SEER-Medicare database.
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Neighborhood analysis links breast cancer outcomes to socioeconomic status
“This study should make clinicians cognizant of the potential for biases in management of metastatic breast cancer in terms of socioeconomic...
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For cancer prevention, not all plant-based diets are equal
“The best plant-based diet for breast cancer prevention could be a healthy plant-based diet comprising fruit, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and...
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Breast cancer deaths take a big dip because of new medicines
Research model suggests a 58% overall mortality decline in 2019 from metastatic breast cancer.
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Excess weight may ward off infection in breast cancer treatment
The study demonstrated significantly less frequent and less severe neutropenia in overweight and obese patients.
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Women with HER2+ metastatic breast cancer are living longer
Overall survival improved 5.6% each year among over 5,000 patients in the study.
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Treating bone loss ups survival for breast cancer patients
Findings suggest a trend toward reduction in contralateral breast cancer in the treatment group.
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Pembrolizumab before surgery improves survival in early triple negative breast cancer
Treatment shifts residual cancer burden to lower categories.
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New treatment outperforms chemo in HER2-low breast cancer
The results may cause clinicians to reconsider how they define HER2 expression in breast cancer.
