Obesity may influence how breast cancer spreads
Obesity may change how early-stage breast cancer becomes invasive, according to a study by University of Oklahoma researchers published in The American Journal of Pathology.
May 28, 2026
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ASBrS: Robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy safe, effective in early breast cancer
For patients with early-stage breast cancer, robotic nipple-sparing mastectomy (rNSM) is as safe and effective as open NSM, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons, ...
May 4, 2026
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Identifying which breast lesions will progress to cancer can help avoid overtreatment
A discovery by the Transformation and Metastasis Group of the Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO) opens a path towards identifying precancerous breast lesions that will develop into tumors. This study, led by Eva ...
Apr 20, 2026
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Early results from a trial of active surveillance for low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ are 'reassuring'
Researchers leading a trial of active surveillance for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have described early results as "reassuring" in a presentation at the 15th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC15) in Barcelona.
Mar 26, 2026
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IVF not linked to higher overall cancer rates, but study shows differences in some cancers
Women who used fertility treatments had no higher overall risk of invasive cancer than other women, a large Australian study led by researchers from UNSW Sydney has found. The study, published in JAMA Network Open, analyzed ...
Mar 10, 2026
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WISDOM trial weighs risk-based cancer screening
University of California, San Francisco investigators led WISDOM, a randomized comparison of risk-based breast cancer screening and annual mammography. Rates of stage ≥IIB breast cancers met a noninferiority threshold under ...
Capturing cancer cells from blood could help doctors choose the right breast cancer treatment
Doctors may be able to spare patients unnecessarily aggressive breast cancer treatments by collecting and testing cancer cells in patients' blood, research from the University of Michigan and the University of Kansas suggests.
Oct 29, 2025
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A polygenic risk score may predict future breast cancer in patients with early-stage diagnoses
A retrospective study found that the 313-SNP breast cancer polygenic risk score (PRS313) blood test could predict future incidents of breast cancer in women diagnosed with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or lobular carcinoma ...
Oct 1, 2025
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Study suggests radiation therapy benefits misjudged when clinical factors alone guide breast cancer treatment
A study published in the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics demonstrates that clinicopathology (CP) based risk assessment frequently fails to accurately assess recurrence risk and radiation therapy ...
Jul 31, 2025
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Novel analysis identifies differences between benign and cancerous breast calcifications
Benign and cancerous calcium phosphate deposits that may look identical on a mammogram have distinct differences in their structures and formation processes, according to researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ...
Jul 22, 2025
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