Breast Cancer Awareness Month: New insights into lymphedema, genetic testing and AI
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts
Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed every October.
The campaign is designed to increase awareness of the disease and raise money to fund research for prevention, earlier detection and more effective treatment.
In conjunction with this observance, Healio provides the following updates in breast cancer research, treatment and survivorship.
1. Researchers developed an AI model capable of using an inexpensive, easy-to-obtain chromatin image to determine the stage of ductal carcinoma in situ. Read more.
2. Women who want breast reconstruction after mastectomy can undergo a shorter radiation therapy regimen without significantly increasing their risk for complications. Read more.
3. Women with breast cancer are at risk for lymphedema long after their treatment concludes. Researchers recommend vigilant monitoring for at least 3 years. Read more.
4. Adjuvant radiotherapy reduced risk for local recurrence for a decade among women with early breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery. Read more.
5. Datopotamab deruxtecan (AstraZeneca/Daiichi Sankyo) failed to extend OS vs. chemotherapy for adults with advanced breast cancer. Read more.
6. Manuka honey may represent an alternative natural approach to reducing tumor growth in breast cancer. The nutraceutical therapy appeared to confer particular benefit in the ER-positive subtype, which accounts for 70% to 80% of breast cancer cases. Read more.
7. Use of pembrolizumab (Keytruda, Merck) with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and as monotherapy in the adjuvant setting extended OS for patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer. Read more.
8. Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy (Trodelvy, Gilead) exhibited efficacy as therapy for adults who had brain metastases resulting from breast cancer. Read more.
9. Many women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer did not receive genetic testing, even though they met criteria for it. Read more.
10. Women with unilateral breast cancer who underwent bilateral mastectomy had a significantly lower risk for contralateral breast cancer than those who underwent other surgical procedures. Read more.
11. A high percentage of women treated for breast cancer exhibited distressing sexual health concerns, according to survey results. Read more.
12. Acupuncture significantly reduced hot flashes and improved quality of life among women receiving endocrine therapy for breast cancer. Read more.
Collapse
Healio Coverage
Click Here to Manage Email Alerts