Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Insights into effects of alcohol, BMI and genetic ancestry

ByMark Leiser

Fact checked byMindy Valcarcel, MS

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed every October.

In conjunction with this observance, Healio provides the following updates in breast cancer treatment and survivorship.

Mammogram snapshot of breasts of a female patient on the monitor with undergoing mammography test on the background. — Detection of breast cancers that likely would never have caused symptoms appeared more common among individuals aged older than 70 years. *Image: Adobe Stock*

1. Alcohol consumption did not appear associated with increased risk for breast cancer recurrence or mortality. However, results varied by BMI. Read more.

2. Breast cancer screening after age 70 years appeared associated with higher incidence of detecting cancer that likely would not have caused symptoms in the patient’s lifetime, suggesting overdiagnosis may be common in this population. Read more.

3. Women diagnosed and treated for breast cancer experienced greater increases in biological aging than women who remained breast cancer-free. Read more.

4. African genetic ancestry appeared associated with more aggressive tumor subtypes of breast cancer among Black women with breast cancer. Read more.

5. Researchers developed and evaluated streamlined models for predicting and preventing breast cancer-related lymphedema. The new models are designed to address racial disparities in lymphedema risk that are not accounted for in current risk prediction models. Read more.

6. Overweight/obesity appeared independently prognostic for chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity among patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Read more.

7. Patients with breast cancer or lymphoma who underwent treatment with anthracyclines exhibited double the risk for congestive heart failure as healthy controls. Read more.

8. Hypofractionated postmastectomy proton radiotherapy shortened the duration of breast cancer treatment. A shortened course of proton radiotherapy is safe and feasible immediately after breast reconstruction surgery, results showed. Read more.

9. Rates of hyperglycemia among patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with alpelisib (Piqray, Novartis) as standard care exceeded incidence observed during clinical trials. Read more.

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