Breast Cancer News

Nearly seven in 10 premature cancer-related deaths among women could have been avoided through primary prevention, early detection or suitable access to cancer care, according to a report.

Healio spoke with Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, about research on circulating tumor DNA in breast cancer.

Healio spoke with Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, about new treatment options available to patients with breast cancer.

New diagnoses for six of the most common cancer types sharply declined in the U.S. in early 2020 — along with the volume of pathology reports — largely due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by NCI.

Datopotamab deruxtecan significantly improved PFS compared with chemotherapy in patients with previously treated inoperable or metastatic hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, according to the agent’s manufacturers.

Patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with alpelisib as standard care had elevated blood glucose levels compared with those who received the drug as part of a clinical trial, according to data published in Cancer.

Breast cancer accounts for nearly one-third of new cancer diagnoses among women in the United States.

Approximately one-third (34.3%) of chatbot recommendations about cancer treatment do not appear in National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines, study results published in JAMA Oncology showed.

When all eligible patients were automatically referred for breast cancer screening, mammography completion did not improve, but staff burden worsened, according to the results of research published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Nina D’Abreo, MD, has been appointed chief of the division of hematology and medical oncology at NYU Langone Health Perlmutter Cancer Center — Sunset Park.