Breast Cancer News

CHICAGO — Both yoga and cognitive behavioral therapy helped alleviate insomnia among cancer survivors and led to improvement in cancer-related fatigue, results from a randomized phase 3 study showed.

Makeup not only has cosmetic applications, but medical ones too.

Many women aged 75 years and older are aware of the importance of breast cancer screening and desire to continue screening regardless of health status or age, according to a scoping review published in BMC Women’s Health.

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of five stories from ASCO Voices, a session during ASCO Annual Meeting that focused on the human side of oncology.

The FDA approved a new liquid formulation of thiotepa for the treatment of with adenocarcinoma of the breast or ovary, according to the agent’s manufacturer.

CHICAGO — Individuals with advanced cancer who received a two-component medical cannabis oil reported improvement in cancer-related pain, results from a randomized study showed.

Individuals with therapy-refractory cancer who received waivers to participate in a clinical trial for off-label targeted therapies achieved similar clinical benefits as those who took part in the study without an exception.

The addition of trilaciclib to chemotherapy did not improve OS among patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, according to the agent’s manufacturer.

Acupuncture significantly reduced hot flashes and improved quality of life in women receiving endocrine therapy for breast cancer in three parallel randomized trials, according to results published in Cancer.

Discussion about lung cancer research breakthroughs dominated the social media conversation among health care professionals during this year’s ASCO Annual Meeting.