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New hope for aggressive breast cancers as diabetes drug creates treatment ‘sweet spot’
A drug commonly used to treat Type 2 diabetes can force breast cancer ‘stem cells’…
Unhealthy gut promotes spread of breast cancer, study finds
An unhealthy, inflamed gut causes breast cancer to become much more invasive and spread more…
Triple-negative breast cancer among black women in the US varies by birthplace
A new study finds substantial variation in the prevalence of triple-negative breast cancer among black…
Determining risk of recurrence in triple-negative breast cancer
A personalised prognosis for patients diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer was the goal of a…
ASCO 2019: New TAILORx data guides adjuvant therapy in younger breast cancer patients
New information about adjuvant therapy to prevent recurrence of breast cancer in women 50 years…
ASCO 2019: Patients who received PBI without chemotherapy experienced less fatigue, slightly poorer cosmesis
Patient-reported outcome (PRO) data indicates that partial breast irradiation (PBI) is more convenient than whole…
ASCO 2019: New blood test predicts breast cancer’s return at start of treatment
A new blood test for women with breast cancer can predict how well patients will…
ASCO 2019: Adding ribociclib to first-line endocrine therapy significantly improves survival for pre-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer
The international, randomised phase III MONALEESA-7 trial found that adding ribociclib to standard-of-care endocrine therapy…
Do physicians properly advise women with dense breasts on cancer risk?
A study has shown that more than half of physicians – primary care doctors and…
Research provides insight into genetic link to potential treatment response among BRCA1/2 breast cancer patients
New findings from researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania…