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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.

The Medicare reimbursement rate for 10 common breast cancer-related surgical operations failed to outpace inflation over the last 20 years, according to a presentation at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Black, Hispanic and Asian women reported more arm swelling after axillary lymph node dissection for breast cancer compared with white women, according to findings published in JAMA Surgery.

A higher-than-expected percentage of women with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery underwent re-excision within a year, according to retrospective findings published in Annals of Surgical Oncology.

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Preliminary results of a phase 1 trial for a novel vaccine that could eventually prevent triple-negative breast cancer exceeded expectations, based on data presented at San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.

Women who choose autologous or implant-based breast reconstruction value different aspects of their treatment compared with those who choose flap breast reconstruction, researchers reported in JAMA Surgery.

City of Hope has opened a multicenter randomized trial to assess the safety and effectiveness of robotic-assisted, single-incision mastectomy for patients with early breast cancer.

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.

Breast-conserving surgery resulted in high overall and disease-free survival rates among patients with breast cancer who underwent surgery in China, according to a cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.