Breast Cancer News

Patients who underwent cancer surgery had an increased risk for venous thromboembolism for up to 1 year after the procedure, results from a retrospective study published in JAMA Network Open showed.

Considering conflicting clinical guidelines, primary care providers should focus on individualized decision-making when deciding if and when a patient should be screened for breast cancer, according to experts.

As the broader health care field strives to identify and address health care disparities, a commentary published in The Lancet Oncology underscored the importance of eliminating ableism from cancer care.

The proportion of individuals with newly diagnosed cancer who lacked insurance in the U.S. declined significantly from 2010 to 2019, according to data published in Health Affairs Scholar.

Template # 16 Headline: Among UK women aged 50 to 64 years with breast cancer, mortality rates were//

Although an abundance of treatments exist for breast cancer, there are almost no options for screening patients for risk for recurrence or spread of early-stage breast cancer, representing a major unmet need in the field.

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with metastatic breast cancer who take part in a supervised, structured exercise program during palliative treatment may experience improved quality of life, according to study results.

Mediget Teshome, MD, FACS, MPH, has been appointed chief of breast surgery and director of breast health at UCLA Health.

Cancer research and advocacy funding disproportionately skewed toward certain subtypes, leaving many cancers with high mortality rates and those affecting Black patients underfunded, study results in JCO Oncology Practice showed.

The addition of immunotherapy to perioperative conventional cancer therapy appeared linked to more grade 3 to grade 4 treatment related adverse events, according to findings published in The Lancet Oncology.