Socio-Economic Factors, Policy Changes Impact Disparities Among Breast Cancer Patients
December 10th 2020Session at at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium featured several abstract presentations on disparities in health care access in breast cancer, including research on the necessity of avoiding a one-size-fits-all approach to medicine.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Breast Cancer Treatment, Management Across the Country
December 9th 2020There were significant modifications in breast cancer treatment due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, such as high rates of NET chemotherapy, genomic assay testing on core biopsies, and delays in planned surgeries.
Capecitabine Versus Endocrine Therapy as a Maintenance Therapy for Metastatic Breast Cancer
December 9th 2020ET and CT are used as standard maintenance therapy for HR-positive and HER-negative MBC in clinical practice, and there was no prospective study data on which is better, according to the study authors.