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Researchers at Keck Medicine of USC are part of a national, multisite clinical trial to evaluate a minimally invasive water vapor system that uses steam to treat prostate cancer.

SAN ANTONIO — Risk-reducing surgery appeared linked with improved outcomes among BRCA mutation carriers diagnosed with early breast cancer, according to study results presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

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For many oncologists, the use of mastectomy to treat breast cancer cases can be a difficult subject to approach with patients.

Women who breastfeed after undergoing treatment for breast cancer are not at elevated risk for recurrence or new breast cancers, two studies presented at ESMO Congress showed.

Hypofractionated radiation therapy after breast cancer surgery significantly reduced risk for adverse events and improved quality of life compared with a conventional radiation therapy schedule, according to study results.

Women who want breast reconstruction after mastectomy can undergo a shorter radiation therapy regimen without significantly increasing their risk for complications, according to results of a randomized phase 3 trial.

Cognition appeared associated with likelihood that individuals would return to work 2 years after breast cancer diagnosis, according to results of a case series study.

Women with unilateral breast cancer who underwent bilateral mastectomy had a significantly lower risk for contralateral breast cancer than those who underwent other surgical procedures, results of a cohort study showed.

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.