Breast Cancer News

In this special throwback episode, Shikha Jain, MD, talks with Olympic champion Kikkan “Kikkanimal” Randall, about how her positive attitude and athlete mentality have helped her navigate a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment, valuable advice for both oncologists and patients and more.

Women with breast cancer who underwent hormone-modulating therapy exhibited a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, according to results of a retrospective cohort study.

Chemotherapy-induced changes to the gut microbiome may explain why some patients with cancer experience post-chemotherapy cognitive decline.

Incidence rates for 17 different cancer types increased for successively younger generations in the United States during the past century.

Older adult cancer survivors who were overweight or obese at the time of first primary cancer diagnosis had a higher risk for developing second cancers, according to findings presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Despite years of study and advances in breast cancer treatment, Otis Brawley, MD, professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, said the disparity between the mortality rates of Black and white patients has never been greater.

Women with unilateral breast cancer who underwent bilateral mastectomy had a significantly lower risk for contralateral breast cancer than those who underwent other surgical procedures, results of a cohort study showed.

Informing patients of the benefit-harm balance associated with mammography screening is beneficial and did not hinder overall screening decisions, according to results of a national probability-based U.S. survey.

Patients with breast cancer who reported high burdens of pain and stress had poorer outcomes than those with lower pain or stress levels, according to research presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.

Women treated for breast cancer exhibited highly prevalent and distressing sexual health concerns, according to results of the WISH-BREAST study presented at ASCO Annual Meeting.