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Long-Term Exposure to Fine-Particle Air Pollution Increases Breast Cancer Risk

Oct 30, 2023

Living and working in places with high levels of a specific type of air pollution increases breast cancer risk. Read more…

Short-Term Fasting Improves Quality of Life During Chemotherapy

Oct 30, 2023

“The short-term fasting group didn’t even develop any clinically visible fatigue,” according to the study presenter. Read more…

FDA Approves Truqap for Certain Metastatic, Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancers

Nov 17, 2023

Truqap is a new targeted therapy option for metastatic, hormone receptor-positive breast cancer with specific genetic mutations that has stopped responding to other hormonal therapy medicines. Read more…

Lymph Node Surgery Not Needed for Certain Small Breast Cancers

Nov 21, 2023

If you’re diagnosed with a small breast cancer, you can likely skip lymph node surgery. Read more…

Obesity Ups Recurrence Risk in Women Treated With Aromatase Inhibitors

Nov 24, 2023

The risk of breast cancer recurrence is higher in women with obesity treated with an aromatase inhibitor. Read more…

Tukysa Plus Kadcyla Better Than Kadcyla Alone for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Dec 7, 2023

Adding Tukysa to Kadcyla improved outcomes for metastatic HER2-positive disease. Read more…

Experimental Inavolisib Seems Promising for Certain Metastatic Breast Cancers

Dec 7, 2023

If approved, the medicine may be an alternative to Piqray for treating certain cancers with a PIK3CA mutation.  Read more…

What Improves Sexual Well-Being After Breast Cancer? Many Women Say Self-Help

Dec 11, 2023

When it comes to sexual functioning, many women with a history of breast cancer help themselves. Read more…

Regular Screening Mammograms Save Lives

Dec 14, 2023

Regular mammograms reduce the risk of dying from breast cancer by more than 65%. Read more…

ASTRO Updates Partial-Breast Radiation Guidelines

Jan 11, 2024

New guidelines strongly recommend partial-breast radiation after lumpectomy for many small, early-stage breast cancers with no lymph node involvement. Read more…

Lymph Node Removal, Excess Weight Linked to Long-Term Arm Problems After Breast Cancer Treatment

Jan 11, 2024

Having underarm lymph nodes removed and having obesity seem to be the top two risk factors for arm issues that can last for years after breast cancer treatment is completed. Read more…

Breast Self-Exam, Mammogram Best for Finding Invasive Breast Cancer After DCIS

Jan 15, 2024

After DCIS treatment, women who develop invasive breast cancer have the cancer found most often via mammogram or find it themselves, rather than during a doctor’s exam. Read more…

U.S. Breast Cancer Deaths Drop Due to New Treatments, Screening

Mar 1, 2024

Breast cancer death rates in the United States dropped by nearly 60% between 1975 and 2019. Read more…

Ovary Removal, MRI Screening for Breast Cancer Saves Lives in Women With BRCA Mutation

Mar 18, 2024

Women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation have a higher-than-average risk of breast and ovarian cancer. Two preventive strategies may reduce the risk of death among women with these mutations. Read more…

In Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Response to Chemotherapy Before Surgery Varies by Race and Ethnicity

Apr 8, 2024

After chemotherapy before surgery for triple-negative breast cancer, Black women are less likely and Hispanic women are more likely than white women to have a pathologic complete response. Read more…