Breast Cancer

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Treating Ductal Carcinoma In Situ with Surgery, Radiotherapy Offers Better Protection Than Surgery Alone

Although only a proportion of DCIS cases will progress into invasive cancer, the treatments available for DCIS are similar to treatments for invasive breast cancers.

Study: Statins May Protect the Heart from Chemotherapy Treatment of Early Breast Cancer

According to the study authors, previous small studies suggested that women taking statins may have less heart muscle damage from these types of chemotherapy, yet the exact mechanisms of how statins protect against the cardiac cell damage remains unknown.

Study Suggests Way to Boost Immunotherapy Against Breast Cancer, Other Solid Tumors

This study points to the potential for using CAR T-cell therapy effectively against solid tumors, as well, according to the authors.

FDA Fast Tracks HER2-Positive Metastatic Breast Cancer Drug

The FDA has granted a fast track designation to an investigational antibody-drug conjugate for use as a monotherapy in the treatment of patients with advanced or metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer.

CDK4/6 Inhibitors Are Game Changers in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer

Symposium speakers discussed how CDK4/6 inhibitors are game changers in treatment of HR+/HER2- advanced breast cancer.

Study: Women Who Begin Annual Mammograms At Age 40 Are Healthier Than Other Women in Their 40s

Targeting screening to high-risk groups who are less compliant with recommendations could be more effective than general age-based recommendations.

Updated Study Data Shows Oral Paclitaxel and Encequidar Is Beneficial in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer

Updated phase 3 progression-free survival and overall survival data demonstrated clinical benefits in efficacy and tolerability of oral paclitaxel and encequidar versus intravenous paclitaxel in patients with metastatic breast cancer.

Margetuximab-cmkb Approved by FDA With Chemotherapy for Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer

FDA approves margetuximab-cmkb (Margenza) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of adult patients with metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer who have previously received 2 or more anti-HER2 regimens.

Financial Stress Negatively Impacts Wellbeing of Breast Cancer Patients

Financial toxicity can lead to worse long-term outcomes and psychological distress among patients with breast cancer.

Breast Cancer Survivors Use Frozen Eggs, Ovarian Tissue to Conceive

Study shows the mortality rate among breast cancer survivors is lower among those who received fertility preservation.

Study: Omitting Radiation Therapy After Breast Conserving Surgery May Not Impact 10-Year Survival Rates

Although postoperative radiation therapy affected the risk of local recurrence of breast cancer, it did not significantly impact certain other clinical outcomes, including distant metastasis and recurrence in the opposite breast.

Study: Breast Cancer Survivors Less Likely to Become Pregnant, But Typically Have Healthy Children

The higher risk of delivery and fetal complications suggests that physicians should more closely monitor pregnant breast cancer survivors.