Breast Cancer

Officials with the FDA have approved abemaciclib (Verzenio, Eli Lilly), for the treatment of adults with certain advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

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Many researchers are interested in looking at FDA-approved drugs that could potentially be repositioned for use in cancer treatment.

Certain adjuvant chemotherapy regimens may lead to long-lasting peripheral neuropathy in breast cancer survivors.

Adjuvant endocrine therapy can prevent cancer recurrence but can result in painful side effects.

Mvasi is indicated to treat adult patients with certain types of colorectal, lung, brain, kidney, and cervical cancers.

Bevacizumab-awwb, a biosimilar to Avastin, approved to treat several cancer types.

Nerlynx is indicated to treat early-stage HER2-positive breast cancer following trastuzumab-based therapy.

Tumor biology and size should guide breast cancer treatment.

Investigational trastuzumab biosimilar shows promise as potential lower cost treatment option to Herceptin for breast cancer and gastric cancer.

Study findings support research demonstrating endoxifen better inhibits tumor growth compared with tamoxifen.

Women with high cholesterol who take statins were 45% less likely to develop breast cancer.

Small node negative tumors can be aggressive, even if classified as clinical low risk.

Bruce A. Feinberg, DO, vice president and chief medical officer of Cardinal Health Specialty Solutions, discusses the key elements of an effective cancer clinical care pathways program.

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Allowing patients to control mammography compression may improve stress associated with breast cancer screening.

Patients with breast cancer who are more rational may strongly consider contralateral mastectomy.

Up to 1.3 million women may not be receiving genetic testing to detect BRCA 1/2 mutations, which increase the risk of certain cancer types.

Self-administered acupressure found to improve sleep and daytime alertness among breast cancer survivors.

The findings highlight the role of Tregs in suppressing the immune response.

Statins may provide a protective effect against breast cancer development.

An estimated 1.2 million American women would likely benefit from recommended genetic test to assess their risk of cancer.

Alcohol consumption results in more than $150 million spent on breast cancer annually.

Fulvestrant is a hormonal therapy that targets the estrogen receptor and helps slow cancer growth.

Faslodex reduced disease progression by 20% among women with HR+, HER2- advanced breast cancer.