Oncology News

Black and Hispanic women with early stage breast cancer in certain subgroups had worse survival rates compared with women of other races and ethnicities, according to results of a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.

The offspring of adolescent and young adult women with a history of cancer experienced a higher risk for birth defects, according to study results published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

MADRID — Induction chemotherapy prior to chemoradiation therapy improved outcomes for women with locally advanced cervical cancer, according to randomized phase 3 study results presented at ESMO Congress.

Obesity was linked to an increased breast cancer recurrence risk among postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early-stage breast cancer who were treated with aromatase inhibitors, researchers reported in JAMA Network Open.

Women who received anthracycline chemotherapy following a childhood cancer diagnosis are at an increased risk for subsequent breast cancer later in life, according to data published in Nature Medicine.

Lung cancer incidence remained higher among U.S. women aged younger than 50 years compared with men, according to a research letter published in JAMA Oncology.

Early contralateral breast cancer development after primary breast cancer for women with certain subgroups of breast cancer was associated with survival in Korean women, researchers reported.

County-level age-adjusted breast cancer mortality rates were higher among women with less access to mammogram screening and also among women with obesity, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Women should undergo routine breast cancer screening in order to diagnose and treat breast cancer in its earliest stages for a higher likelihood of treatment success.

ASCO released a research statement outlining new recommendations regarding the appropriate assessment of ovarian toxicity in cancer clinical trials.