Oncology News

Use of immune checkpoint inhibitors for pregnant women with cancer may be safer than previously thought, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Breast cancer survivors aged 40 years or younger without pathogenic variants had a low second primary breast cancer diagnosis risk in the first 10 years after initial cancer diagnosis, researchers reported in JAMA Oncology.

The Medicare reimbursement rate for 10 common breast cancer-related surgical operations failed to outpace inflation over the last 20 years, according to a presentation at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Saruparib conferred clinically impactful treatment outcomes among adults with breast cancer who harbor certain genetic mutations, according to data presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Sentinel lymph node biopsy may be omitted in certain patients with early-stage breast cancer, according to findings presented at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

An artificial intelligence-driven algorithm used a novel liquid biopsy assay to differentiate women with ovarian cancer from healthy patients, according to results presented at American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting.

Only 30% of women with health-related social needs underwent mammography screening for breast cancer in the previous 2 years, according to a newly released CDC Vital Signs report.

Many young women with newly diagnosed breast cancer have concerns regarding fertility, and these concerns may impact their treatment decisions, according to study findings published in Cancer Medicine.

Socioecological factors may explain the disproportionate impact of aggressive breast tumor phenotypes for racial and ethnic minority women, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

The prolonged use of certain progestogen hormone drugs — such as medrogestone, medroxyprogesterone acetate and promegestone — increased the risk for developing intracranial meningioma, according to data published in The BMJ.