Breast Cancer

Combining weight-based dosing and single-use vial sharing within individual Veterans Affairs hospitals could reduce immune checkpoint inhibitor spending by millions annually, according to study results published in Health Affairs.

Alcohol consumption did not appear associated with increased risk for breast cancer recurrence or mortality, according to study results published in Cancer.

The incidence rate of early-onset cancer significantly increased in the United States from 2010 to 2019, particularly gastrointestinal cancers, according to researchers.

Chemotherapy-induced changes to gut bacteria appeared associated with unhealthy weight gain among a cohort of women with breast cancer, according to study results published in BMC Medicine.

Identification of inherited genetic mutations that elevate cancer risk and may be susceptible to targeted therapies has transformed oncology care.

SANTA FE, N.M. — In this video exclusive, Azeez Farooki, MD, discusses considerations when dealing with bone loss and elevated fracture risk resulting from treatments for breast and prostate cancer.

Breast cancer screening after age 70 years was linked to a higher incidence of cancer that would probably not have caused symptoms in the patient’s lifetime, indicating that overdiagnosis may be common in this population, researchers said.

The rate of new cancer diagnoses among adults declined sharply in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to study results published in The Lancet Oncology.

Overweight/obesity was independently prognostic of chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity among patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer, according to a small study.

U.S. regional variations in implicit bias were not associated with breast reconstruction, complications or cost among women with breast cancer undergoing mastectomy, according to results from a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.