Breast Cancer News

Intraoperative assessment of sentinel lymph nodes during mastectomy significantly increased the likelihood of aggressive axillary treatment vs. postsurgical assessment of lymph node biopsies among certain women with breast cancer.

Prehabilitation during neoadjuvant chemotherapy appeared feasible and well received among a small cohort of women with breast cancer, according to results of a pilot study.

Knowledge, expectations and attitudes of patients with cancer about genomic tumor testing appeared to be associated with their respective education and income levels, according to a study published in JCO Precision Oncology.

Breast cancer mortality rates at age 40 to 49 years are much higher for Black women than for others.

A high percentage of people with cancer exhibit what are known as SPPADE symptoms, according to study results.

Women who resided in disadvantaged neighborhoods had shorter breast cancer-specific survival than with women from advantaged neighborhoods, according to data published in JAMA Network Open.

Most women with cancer experience some degree of sexual dysfunction, studies have shown, yet few are asked about sexual health before or during cancer treatment.

Healio spoke with Ahmed Elkhanany, MD, about where future research on metastatic triple-negative breast cancer should focus.

Healio spoke with Ahmed Elkhanany, MD, about how to approach patient conversations after a diagnosis of metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.

Healio spoke with Ahmed Elkhanany, MD, about racial disparities in metastatic triple-negative breast cancer.