Breast Cancer

Researchers found that in a program of biennial screening of women aged 50 to 74 years, approximately 1 in 7 screen-detected breast cancer cases would be overdiagnosed.

Lakyn Husinka, PharmD, discussed new treatment options and pharmacists' role in treating patients with breast cancer.

Results of studies show that women with obesity who get these weight loss procedures often also have preventative benefits.

Women who get these screenings starting at aged 30 to 35 years could cut their cancer mortality by more than 50%, new study results show.

Dalpiciclib added to fulvestrant (Faslodex) was found to significantly prolong progression-free survival compared with fulvestrant monotherapy in patients with hormone receptor–positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative advanced breast cancer.

An emerging focus is aligning targeted, safe, and effective therapies with patient goals.

New study results show that the drugs, which block estrogen production, are more effective for premenopausal and postmenopausal women.

Christopher Mast, MD, vice president of clinical informatics at Epic, explains his outlook for the future in the field of oncology in light of the ongoing delays in cancer screenings rates.

Christopher Mast, MD, vice president of clinical informatics at Epic, explains the level to which cancer screening rates would need to rise to meet pre-pandemic rates.

Results from a clinical trial led by investigators at the National Cancer Institute show that 28 of 42 women with tumors generated a reaction.

Christopher Mast, MD, vice president of clinical informatics at Epic, discusses research that showed that cancer screening rates in 2021 rebounded from the low rates at the start of the pandemic, but not significantly.

Abemaciclib (Verzenio) was recently approved in combination with endocrine therapy for the adjuvant treatment of adult patients with HR–positive, HER2-negative, node-positive, early breast cancer at high risk of recurrence.

Trastuzumab deruxtecan is a HER2-directed antibody drug conjugate being developed by both AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo.

Knocking down MAPK4 resulted in the cells’ increased sensitivity to PI3K inhibitors and reduced breast cancer growth.

Incorporating mental distress screenings during cancer care have been historically difficult, despite the fact that these patients tend to be vulnerable to mental health challenges.

Anxiety disorders and depression were cited by more than 80% of oncologists as the types of mental health distress seen most often for patients.

Commonly used medications may influence responses to checkpoint inhibitors among patients with cancer.

Patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer doubled their median progression-free survival following a switch to fulvestrant plus palbociclib.

Patients with breast cancer treated with pyrotinib plus capecitabine had a 31% lower risk of death than those treated with lapatinib and capecitabine

New technology provides information on the benefit of adding atezolizumab to chemotherapy as a neoadjuvant treatment for patients with early high-risk and locally advanced triple-negative breast cancer.

Uterine cancers that developed in patients with breast cancer treated with tamoxifen had fewer phosphoinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) pathway mutations and may have been driven by tamoxifen-induced PI3K pathway activation.

Since its initial approval in 2016 for urothelial carcinoma, atezolizumab has received FDA approval for an additional 5 types of carcinomas.

Fulvestrant is also the only SERD approved for patients with breast cancer, according to the researchers.

Genomic analyses show promise for patients with metastatic breast cancer, reinforcing genomics as a part of the pathway of care.

Tamoxifen is given to many patients—specifically premenopausal patients—with breast cancers that express the estrogen receptor, which drives breast tumor growth.