The Emerging Breast-Cancer Treatment: No Surgery Required
Some women with the earliest stages of breast cancer could be carefully monitored, undergoing surgery and radiation only if the disease advances, new data suggests. The strategy is akin to one already used in early prostate cancer,
Some Early Forms of Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment, Study Says
B reast cancer is not a single disease but multiple ones, each carrying varying degrees of risk for endangering women’s health.
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.
Late-stage breast cancer is rising, especially among Black women: Study
Black women experience advanced diagnoses 55% more often than white women and are more likely to die from the disease, the study found.
Optimising therapy and avoiding overtreatment in breast cancer
More than 100 000 women older than 70 years are diagnosed with hormone receptor-positive, early-stage breast cancer each year in the USA.1 A large proportion are at low risk of disease recurrence, placing them at risk of overtreatment.
Late-stage breast cancer is rising, especially among Black women
The rates of late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis have risen among women in all racial and ethnic groups, but Black women have been hit the hardest, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.
‘Alarming’ rise of late-stage breast cancer is even worse in women under 40, new study finds
The rates of life-threatening breast cancer are spiking among women of all ages, with a significant increase in those under 40. A new study found that cases of metastatic breast cancer — in which breast cancer cells have spread from the local area of the breast to another site of the body — increased by 3% from 2004 to 2021 among patients aged 20 to 39.
Late-Stage Breast Cancer Diagnosis on the Rise in the U.S.
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Ultra-Sensitive ctDNA Testing Can Detect ctDNA in HR+ Breast Cancer
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Race and Immune Microenvironment Impacts on Breast Cancer Outcomes
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Supporting men as they care for loved ones during their breast cancer journey
Praise Is The Cure, a faith-based breast cancer awareness program for Black women, also reaches out to the men who have been ...