Breast Cancer

Patients with a high risk of recurrent breast cancer may not receive chemotherapy.

The Maraba virus combined with an immune checkpoint inhibitor increased triple-negative breast cancer survival in mice.

Olaparib (Lynparza) is indicated to treat HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer with BRCA mutations.

Advancing biomarker research may help determine which patients with non-invasive breast cancer will develop invasive disease.

Conflicting breast cancer treatment guidelines can leave many decisions to the discretion of the provider.

Providing information about breast cancer surgery via an online tool may help patients feel more informed about their treatment options.

GammaPod system can accurately deliver radiation therapy to breast tumors.

Pembrolizumab plus trastuzumab may overcome drug-resistance among patients with advanced HER2+ breast cancer.

Officials with the FDA have approved pertuzumab (Perjeta, Roche) in combination with trastuzumab and chemotherapy as an adjuvant therapy for patients with early-stage human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 positive (HER2+) breast cancer who are at high risk of experiencing recurrence.

Pertuzumab (Perjeta) plus trastuzumab and chemotherapy improved invasive disease-free survival in patients with HER2+ breast cancer.

Patients treated with chemotherapy biweekly were 17% less likely to experience breast cancer recurrence over 10 years.

Women with type 2 diabetes were 43% more likely to develop estrogen receptor negative breast cancer than patients without diabetes.

The FDA has approved trastuzumab-dkst (Ogivri, Mylan GmbH) as a biosimilar to trastuzumab (Herceptin, Genentech), the first biosimilar for the treatment of certain breast and stomach cancers.

Mastectomy for early-stage breast cancer increases the risk of missing more than 1 month of work.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

A cancer diagnosis in young patients can cause post-traumatic stress disorder that can persist long afterwards.

Only 15% of patients with a 20% to 24% risk of breast cancer received a recommended MRI screening.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

A look at last week's top stories in the world of pharmacy.

Sunitinib malate (Sutent) is an adjuvant therapy for adults at risk of recurrent renal cell carcinoma following nephrectomy.

Fulvestrant (Faslodex) plus abemaciclib may improve progression-free survival among patients with advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

Exposure to ammonia found to amplify breast cancer cell proliferation.

Study finds association between warfarin use and cancer incidence to determine whether warfarin has anticancer potential.

Brentuximab vedotin (Adcetris) improves survival among patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma or CD30-expressing mycosis fungoides.