Breast Cancer

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.

ATLANTA — Enalapril plus standard care was not superior to standard care alone for preventing cardiotoxicity in patients receiving treatment for breast cancer or lymphoma, according to new data from the PROACT trial.

New global cancer diagnoses could reach 35 million by the year 2050, according to a report from the American Cancer Society published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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.

American Association for Cancer Research will posthumously honor former chief of the NCI Community Oncology and Prevention Trials Research Group, Worta McCaskill-Stevens, MD, with the Distinguished Public Service Award.

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.

Yolanda Bryce, MD, still remembers her patient’s shock.

Clinicians treating patients with tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes should closely monitor toxicities associated with interleukin-2 and halt administration of the drug if necessary, according to the first guidelines regarding the therapy.

Researchers at Columbia School of Nursing developed and evaluated a brief tool for predicting financial toxicity among patients with breast cancer.

Like women, men with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer have mortality risks that persist 20 years after diagnosis, with age, tumor size and grade, and nodal status playing factors, according to findings published in JAMA Oncology.