Breast Cancer News

Most of the major cancer clinical trial centers in the U.S. are located near more affluent and white populations compared with the national average, according to results published in JAMA Oncology.

Researchers at Columbia School of Nursing developed and evaluated a brief tool for predicting financial toxicity among patients with breast cancer.

Like women, men with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer have mortality risks that persist 20 years after diagnosis, with age, tumor size and grade, and nodal status playing factors, according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.

Individuals with elevated and worsening metabolic syndrome had an increased risk for developing an array of cancer types compared with those who did not, according to results published in Cancer.

SAN ANTONIO — Futibatinib plus fulvestrant exhibited antitumor activity among certain patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer with fibroblast growth factor receptor 1 amplification, according to study results.

Arya Amini, MD, still remembers sitting on the steps outside of his dean’s office at University of California, Irvine, more than a decade ago, prepared to race inside in case he did not get matched with a radiation oncology residency.

Deteriorating quality of life for women with breast cancer was associated with many common modifiable psychosocial and lifestyle-related factors, according to an analysis published in JAMA Network Open.

A higher-than-expected percentage of women with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery underwent re-excision within a year, according to retrospective findings published in Annals of Surgical Oncology.

The FDA approved the first two denosumab biosimilars.

Patients with an incarceration history were less likely to receive preventive care, such as physical examinations, BP tests or cancer screenings, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.