Oncology News

Bulk ordering and text messaging outreach significantly increased completion rates for mammography breast cancer screening, according to results of two randomized clinical trials published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

Having a primary care provider raises the likelihood of being up to date on cervical cancer screening, regardless of sexual orientation, but the association was greatest among lesbian, gay and bisexual women, according to researchers.

Children conceived via fresh or frozen embryo transfer may have increased risk for acute lymphoblastic leukemia compared with children conceived naturally, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The FDA has approved trastuzumab-strf as a biosimilar to trastuzumab for the treatment of certain patients with HER2-overexpressing malignancies, according to a press release from the agent’s manufacturer.

Women should be screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40 years, according to a new recommendation statement from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

A multi-institutional team of researchers created a statistical model capable of predicting the risk for premature menopause among women who survived childhood cancer.

Compared with standard-of-care chemotherapy, trastuzumab deruxtecan demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in PFS among certain patients with metastatic breast cancer, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Daily aspirin use did not reduce disease recurrence, progression or mortality in patients with high-risk breast cancer, according to extended follow-up results of a terminated study published in JAMA.

Women with breast cancer and germline BRCA pathogenic variants had increased all-cause mortality risk if diagnosis occurred within 10 years postpartum, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Women with breast cancer living in the most vs. the least disadvantaged neighborhoods had higher risks for breast cancer-specific and overall mortality, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.