Breast cancer prevention: How nurse practitioners and physician assistants can help
For women at higher risk of breast cancer, there is a proven way to cut the risk in half: take an anti-cancer drug such as tamoxifen.
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Neoplastic Process: Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating
Medical news and research articles
Combination of significant weight gain and late motherhood greatly increases risk of breast cancer, study finds
Women who experience significant weight gain after the age of 20 and either have their first child after the age of 30 or don't have children are almost three times more likely to develop breast cancer than those who give ...
May 9, 2025
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Stage 0 cancer is often overlooked, but it could be your earliest warning sign
At 71, Tina Knowles—the fashion designer, businesswoman, and mother of Beyoncé—made headlines not for her career, but for a deeply personal revelation: her breast cancer diagnosis. In 2023, a routine mammogram uncovered two ...
Apr 29, 2025
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A new way to predict cancer's spread? Scientists look at 'stickiness' of tumor cells
By assessing how "sticky" tumor cells are, researchers at the University of California San Diego have found a potential way to predict whether a patient's early-stage breast cancer is likely to spread. The discovery, made ...
Mar 5, 2025
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AI-supported breast cancer screening—new results suggest even higher accuracy
New research results now published from Lund University's MASAI trial are even better than the initial findings from last year: AI-supported breast screening detected 29% more cases of cancer compared with traditional screening. ...
Feb 4, 2025
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Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest
Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen treatment burdens.
Dec 12, 2024
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Trial finds quality of life similar among patients with low-risk DCIS whether they received active monitoring or surgery
Patients with low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent active monitoring reported comparable physical, emotional, and psychological outcomes to patients who received upfront treatment, according to results from ...
Dec 12, 2024
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COMET trial finds active monitoring is a viable option for some patients with low-risk DCIS
Among patients with hormone receptor (HR)-positive, HER2-negative, low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), those who underwent active monitoring had similar two-year invasive ipsilateral breast cancer recurrence rates as ...
Dec 12, 2024
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Clinical trial: Adjuvant tamoxifen may reduce recurrence risk for patients with 'good-risk' DCIS who forgo radiation
For patients with "good-risk" ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who underwent breast-conserving surgery and did not receive radiotherapy, tamoxifen significantly decreased the risk of recurrence in the same breast, according ...
Dec 12, 2024
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10-year study shows tomosynthesis improves breast cancer detection
According to a new 10-year study, screening for breast cancer with digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT) increases cancer detection rates and significantly reduces the rate of advanced cancers compared to conventional 2D digital ...
Sep 17, 2024
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