No Benefit With Metformin in Early Breast Cancer, Regardless of ER/PR Status However, there could be improved outcomes in HER2-positive patients Dec 08, 2021
Small PFS Boost With HDAC Inhibitor for Advanced HR-Positive Breast Cancer Chinese study contradicts U.S. trial that showed no benefit with entinostat add-on Dec 08, 2021
Black Women Most at Risk for Post-Surgical Lymphedema Black women seemed to have triple the odds of swelling after axillary lymph node dissection Dec 08, 2021
TROP2-Directed ADC Promising in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Datopotamab deruxtecan turns in solid phase I results Dec 08, 2021
Genomic Profiling Improves Outcomes in Breast Cancer PFS was better when targeted treatment for genomic alterations was supported by ESCAT criteria Dec 07, 2021
Novel Endocrine Drug Slows Previously Treated HR-Positive Breast Cancer Elacestrant led to significant improvement in all patients, ESR1-mutant subgroup Dec 07, 2021
Artificial Intelligence Tool Gets High Marks in Reading Mammograms Breast cancer screening results show AI's mettle in real-world dataset Dec 02, 2021
Year in Review: HER2-Positive Breast Cancer ADCs impress in second-line therapy, primary surgery debate, neoadjuvant PD-L1 falls short Nov 15, 2021
Low-Quality Mammography Leading to More Deaths in Black Women, Says Expert In cities like Chicago, Black women face higher breast cancer mortality versus white women Oct 26, 2021
No Survival Benefit for Internal Mammary Node Irradiation in Breast Cancer Women with medially or centrally located tumors may be candidates, however, says researcher Oct 26, 2021
More Evidence for Safety of Accelerated Radiation in Early Breast Cancer Studies show low toxicity with few recurrences Oct 25, 2021
Analysis Confirms Benefits of CDK4/6 Inhibition in Early Breast Cancer Reduced risk of recurrence, distant relapse with adjuvant abemaciclib Oct 20, 2021
'Modest' Link Between Infertility and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Study finds increased risk for younger women, those with primary infertility Oct 19, 2021
First CDK4/6 Inhibitor OK'd for Early, High-Risk Breast Cancer Abemaciclib approved with endocrine therapy for hormone receptor-positive/HER2-negative disease Oct 13, 2021
Almost Half of Breast Cancer Patients Use Cannabis, Survey Finds Common reasons for use include pain, anxiety, nausea, and insomnia Oct 12, 2021
Standard of Care Hard to Beat in HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Swapping letrozole for fulvestrant, in combination with palbociclib, did not improve PFS Oct 07, 2021
Women With Very Dense Breasts Benefit From MRI Screening Dutch researchers recommend screening with MRI every 4 years Oct 01, 2021
Different Taxanes, Similar Outcomes in Advanced HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Results from docetaxel-based study appear applicable to paclitaxel, nab-paclitaxel Sep 29, 2021
What's Behind the Racial Differences in Women's Cancer Screening? Existing medical conditions and social factors are likely driving gaps, researchers found Sep 24, 2021
In RA, Little Risk for Recurrent Cancer With Biologic Treatment Results important because most trials excluded patients with previous cancer, researchers note Sep 23, 2021
Chemo Plus Keytruda Boosts Overall Survival in Advanced TNBC KEYNOTE-355 regimen offers "transformative treatment" in PD-L1-positive disease, expert says Sep 20, 2021
ADC Makes a Case for Role in Metastatic HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Improved progression-free survival in previously treated disease with trastuzumab duocarmazine Sep 20, 2021
Combo Treatment Extends Survival in HR+HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer MONALEESA-2's "big message": 12.5-month boost in median OS with ribociclib-aromatase inhibitor Sep 19, 2021
Trastuzumab Deruxtecan: New Standard of Care in Pretreated, Advanced Breast Cancer? DESTINY-Breast03 turns in "absolutely startling" PFS in HER2-positive metastatic disease Sep 18, 2021
Extended Letrozole Reduced Recurrence Risk in Postmenopausal Breast Cancer 5 years of the aromatase inhibitor improved disease-free survival vs 2-3 years Sep 17, 2021
Improved Survival With Surgery in Metastatic Breast Cancer Significant benefits in ER+, PR+, HER2+ disease, neoadjuvant vs adjuvant chemotherapy Aug 31, 2021
Benefits of Adjuvant Radiation in DCIS Persist Out to 15 Years Risk of ipsilateral breast recurrence more than halved in women with good-risk lesions Aug 27, 2021
Dense Breasts Linked to Increased Risk of Invasive Cancer in Older Women Breast density, life expectancy could be factored into considerations for continued screening Aug 27, 2021
Genentech Pulls Atezolizumab's Breast Cancer Approval Lack of FDA support amid "changes in the treatment landscape" cited in decision Aug 27, 2021
Breast Cancer Control Similar With Intermittent, Continuous Endocrine Therapy Better quality of life with treatment break during extended adjuvant therapy Aug 11, 2021
UNMC Mourns Surgeon Killed in Plane Crash James Edney, former chief of the division of surgical oncology, was piloting the small aircraft Aug 09, 2021
A Patient Care App Diagnosed Me With Cancer No one should receive a serious diagnosis this way -- not even a doctor like myself Jul 16, 2021
Keytruda Before, After Surgery Improves Outcome in TNBC Results from KEYNOTE-522 show "practice-changing" impact on EFS Jul 15, 2021
Raise a Glass? Study Tallies Cancer Cases From Booze Heavy drinking habits accounted for about half of new alcohol-associated cases Jul 13, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
COVID Vaccine Protection; 'Until You Die From the Cancer'; What's Palliative Care? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 10, 2021
Bispecific Antibody Active in NRG1-Positive Pancreatic Cancer Zenocutuzumab turns in promising results in early-phase trial involving multiple solid tumors Jun 10, 2021
More Support for Gene Assay to Guide Breast Cancer Treatment More nuanced data on treatment de-escalation, extended endocrine therapy Jun 09, 2021
Novel CDK 4/6 Inhibitor Proves Mettle in HR+/HER2- Advanced Breast Cancer Dalpiciclib may be a new treatment option; palbociclib and ribociclib continue to shine Jun 06, 2021
Olaparib Wins in Early BRCA-Mutant Breast Cancer First trial to show adjuvant PARP inhibitor benefit inBRCA mutation carriers Jun 03, 2021
