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The attending surgeon is associated with variation in the receipt of genetic testing after breast cancer diagnosis

Attending Surgeon Influences Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer

About one-third of surgeon variation explained by patient volume, surgeon attitudes to genetic testing
Risk-stratified breast screening improves the cost-effectiveness of screening

Risk-Stratified Breast Cancer Screening Ups Cost-Effectiveness

Risk-stratified screening can reduce overdiagnosis and maintain benefits of screening
Women with dense breasts have a higher rate of recall

Higher Cancer Rates Confirmed in Women With Dense Breasts

Higher rate of recall, lower sensitivity, larger tumor diameter, and more lymph node-positive disease
Across body mass index (BMI) distribution

Increased Adiposity Tied to Lower Premenopausal Breast CA Risk

Largest reductions in risk were seen for women aged 18 to 24 years, with hazard ratio of 0.77
Patients undergoing autologous post-mastectomy breast reconstruction have greater satisfaction than those undergoing implant reconstruction

Greater Satisfaction With Autologous Breast Reconstruction

And, likelihood of complications up for autologous reconstruction versus expander-implant technique
The addition of ovarian suppression to tamoxifen is associated with increased survival versus tamoxifen alone among premenopausal women with breast cancer

ASCO: Ovarian Suppression + Tamoxifen Ups Breast CA Survival

Increased disease-free, overall survival for premenopausal women with breast cancer
A considerable proportion of breast cancer survivors do not undergo annual surveillance breast imaging

Many Breast Cancer Survivors Do Not Undergo Annual Surveillance

In year 1, 13 percent did not undergo MRI or mammography; up to 19 percent by year 5
A highly personalized therapy targeting multiple tumor antigens shows promise for metastatic breast cancer

Personalized Therapy Promising in Metastatic Breast Cancer

Adaptive transfer of mutant-protein-specific tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes leads to disease regression
For women with hormone-receptor-positive

ASCO: Endocrine Tx Noninferior for HR+, HER2− Breast Cancer

Similar efficacy for endocrine, chemoendocrine tx for women with midrange 21-gene recurrence score
The likelihood of having breast cancer with a poor prognosis is increased for cancer diagnosed after a screening mammography with negative results

Poor Prognosis for Interval Breast Cancer After Negative Mammo

Odds of poor prognosis after mammography with negative results higher for younger women