Breast Cancer

A national survey of women aged 18 years or older found that 17% have never gotten a mammogram and have no plans of getting one, according to a press release.

Breast cancer death rates in the United States declined sharply over the past 30 years but racial disparities persist, according to a report from American Cancer Society.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is observed every October.

Higher levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein predicted lower reported cognitive function among older breast cancer survivors, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Although most women with breast cancer reported adverse sexual health effects of treatment, many also reported their oncologist paid less attention to discussion of these effects during consultation.

Cancer-related fatigue appeared associated with greater postural sway among a cohort of breast cancer survivors, according to study results published in Rehabilitation Oncology.

Black women with advanced-stage hormone receptor-positive breast cancer experienced poor response to treatment with neoadjuvant endocrine therapy compared with white women with similar disease presentation, according to study results.

The addition of abemaciclib to a nonsteroidal aromatase inhibitor prolonged median OS by more than a year among patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, according to data presented at ESMO Congress.

Staying active and spending less time sitting are highly likely to reduce breast cancer risk, according to researchers.

Being more active and spending less time sedentary reduced women’s risk for breast cancer, according to data published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.