Tag: Cancer: Breast
Guidelines Developed for Postmastectomy Radiation Therapy
PMRT indicated for most with node-positive breast cancer and select patients with node-negative disease
Wrist Cooling May Help Manage Vasomotor Symptoms
Benefits seen across participants with breast or prostate cancer, as well as postmenopausal women
Complication Risk Top Concern for African American Women Undergoing Breast Reconstruction
Additional operations and abdominal morbidity also top of the list of concerns in a survey of African American women undergoing mastectomy
Risk for Second Cancer Low for Women Treated for Early, Invasive Breast Cancer
Contralateral breast cancer drives overall increase, especially in younger women
Remotely Delivered Weight-Loss Intervention Beneficial in Breast Cancer
Intervention induces significant weight loss across demographic and treatment factors in patients with breast cancer, BMI ≥27
AI Mammography Interpretation Model With Uncertainty Quantifications Can Reduce Radiologist Workload
With the best-performing uncertainty metric, 61.9 percent of examinations were read by radiologists in a recent study
AI Correctly Localized Almost One-Third of Interval Cancers on Screening Digital Breast Tomosynthesis
Features associated with interval cancers detected by AI included larger size at surgical pathology, axillary lymph node positivity
Changes in Missouri Law Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Screening Rates
Changes in law to include screening from age 40 led to increase in screening for Medicaid patients, increased odds of DBT
Low Rates of Isolated Locoregional Recurrence Seen in Young Women With Breast Cancer
Cumulative incidence of LRR at 10.1 years was lowest for mastectomy with radiation, but no difference seen by molecular subtype
Risk-Reducing Mastectomy Cost-Effective With Breast Cancer Risk ≥35 Percent
Risk-reducing mastectomy cost-effective for women aged 30 to 55 years with lifetime breast cancer risk of 35 percent or higher
