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Ten-year overall survival for primary breast cancer patients treated with sentinel lymph node dissection alone is similar to that seen in those treated with axillary lymph node dissection

Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Non-Inferior to Axillary Node

Findings among women with T1 or T2 invasive primary breast cancer
Multivitamin use before diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with reduced risk of symptoms of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Multivitamin Use May Cut Risk of Chemo-Induced Neuropathy

Use before breast cancer diagnosis tied to reduced symptoms of peripheral neuropathy
Many non-hormone options and therapies are available for the treatment of estrogen-depletion symptoms in breast cancer survivors

Options Available for Estrogen Depletion After Breast Cancer

Women should be encouraged to optimize lifestyle and should not be treated with hormone therapy
There is an association between living in areas with high amounts of ambient nighttime light and slightly increased odds for breast cancer in younger women who smoke

Outdoor Nighttime Light Exposure Linked to Breast Cancer Risk

Link found between ambient light and higher odds in young, smoking females, but more research needed
More than half of newly diagnosed patients with early-stage breast cancer consider contralateral prophylactic mastectomy

One-Quarter With Early Breast Cancer Strongly Considers CPM

Decision factors most valued include avoiding worry about recurrence, reducing need for surgery
For women in Finland

Endometrial Ablation Doesn’t Increase Cancer Risk

No increased risk of endometrial, breast cancer for women in Finland treated with endometrial ablation

Genetic Variation Impacts Pharmacokinetics of Exemestane

Significant differences in plasma exemestane area under the curve for OATP1B1 genotype groups
For Ashkenazi Jewish patients with breast cancer

More Genetic Tests May Benefit Ashkenazi Jewish Cancer Patients

For Ashkenazi Jewish women with breast cancer, mutations identified in other genes, including CHEK2
For women undergoing mastectomy

Complications Up With Immediate Reconstruction After Mastectomy

Risk up for SSI, noninfectious wound complication for IR versus delayed, secondary reconstruction
Nipple-sparing mastectomy doesn't raise a woman's risk for breast cancer recurrence

Low Rate of Cancer Recurrence for Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy

Research suggests that the cosmetically superior procedure comes with no added risk of recurrence