The Food and Drug Administration issued a rule in March of 2023 that requires health care professionals to notify people if they have dense breasts. Studies have shown that dense breast tissue can make it more difficult to ...
Sep 18, 2024
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Breast cancer is the most diagnosed cancer among U.S. women and the second leading cause of cancer death. Black women who develop breast cancer are around 40% more likely to die of the disease than white women, but it was ...
Sep 17, 2024
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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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From combining treatments in unprecedented ways to deploying artificial intelligence for personalized medicine, a raft of new advances in the fight against cancer have been presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology ...
Sep 17, 2024
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New evidence shows that extended estrogen suppression treatment using aromatase inhibitors for hormone receptor-positive postmenopausal breast cancer is safe; it does not increase the risk of coronary artery calcification, ...
Sep 17, 2024
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The NRG Oncology (NRG)/NSABP B-39/RTOG 0413 clinical trial compared whole-breast irradiation (WBI) to accelerated partial-breast irradiation (APBI) and determined that APBI was not statistically equivalent to WBI in local ...
Sep 16, 2024
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Immunotherapy, which works by enabling the body's immune system to recognize and destroy cancer cells improves long-term overall survival in patients with advanced melanoma in results from large international studies reported ...
Sep 16, 2024
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The antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) puxitatug samrotecan (AZD8205) demonstrated a manageable safety profile consistent with similar ADCs and initial efficacy in heavily pretreated patients with advanced or metastatic solid ...
Sep 13, 2024
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A drug that delivers chemotherapy directly to tumors has shown impressive activity against some of the hardest-to-reach cancer cells: those that have spread to the brain in patients with advanced HER2-positive breast cancer. ...
Sep 13, 2024
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After being diagnosed with breast cancer seven years ago, Elle Macpherson made a controversial choice: She refused chemotherapy, the model has revealed in her new memoir, Elle: Life, Lessons, and Learning to Trust Yourself. ...
Sep 12, 2024
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