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NCCN Guidelines acknowledge MammaPrint for guiding anthracycline use in early-stage breast cancer
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has updated its Breast Cancer Guidelines to acknowledge the…
For the first time, a mechanism enabling breast cancer to metastasise to the brain has been deciphered
A large-scale international study, led by researchers from the Gray Faculty of Medical and Health…
Hot flush treatment has anti-breast cancer activity
A drug mimicking the hormone progesterone has anti-cancer activity when used together with conventional anti-oestrogen…
Breast cancer hijacks immune alarm: turning defence into cancer-fuelling inflammation
With a new study in the journal Science Bulletin, researchers at Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun…
How pregnancy and breastfeeding enhance local immunity that cancer-proof the breast
For centuries, physicians observed that celibate nuns had much higher rates of breast cancer, leading…
Seeing the invisible: Minimal residual disease opens a new window in breast cancer care
Breast cancer relapse often begins long before it can be seen. Tiny clusters of residual…
Cholesterol-lowering drug can overcome chemotherapy resistance in triple-negative breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is among the most aggressive types of breast cancer, lacking oestrogen,…
Mapping cancer’s weak spots reveals new precision targets for breast cancer
Understanding why cancer cells rely on specific genes is critical for designing effective targeted therapies.…
Personalised genetic risk counselling improves understanding but not surgical decisions in breast cancer
A randomised clinical trial published in JAMA Network Open has found that personalised genetic risk…
SABCS 2025: Adding tucatinib to first-line maintenance therapy delayed disease progression in HER2-positive metastatic breast cancer in HER2CLIMB-05 trial
Adding tucatinib (Tukysa) to first-line maintenance therapy with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and pertuzumab (Perjeta) delayed disease…