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There have been “small to moderate” decreases in rates of mammography screening in insured women in the United States, according to new research. The decreases vary by ethnic group, but all began after the US Preventive Services Task Force […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Current smokers and former heavy smokers have a greater risk of breast cancer recurrence and mortality than women who have never smoked, according to a new study. For the report, presented February 20 at […]
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A new guideline on margins in breast cancer surgery is likely to reduce the re-excision rate for women with early-stage breast cancer who undergo lumpectomy. At present, this re-excision rate is around 20% to 25%, and is considered unacceptably high […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For-profit hospitals are more likely to over-treat older women with breast cancer, a new study suggests. Using data from Medicare beneficiaries, researchers found brachytherapy after breast-conserving surgery – more expensive than the standard whole […]
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A diagnosis of cancer — particularly lung, pancreatic, or colorectal cancer — is associated with an increased short-term risk for stroke, a new study suggests. The study, published online January 7 in the Annals of Neurology, was led by […]
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An emerging breast cancer imaging technique called molecular breast imaging (MBI) has been shown to improve the detection of cancers when compared with mammography in women with dense breast tissue. The study comes from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Three years after radiotherapy, younger breast cancer survivors have health-related quality of life (HRQoL) no worse than similar women in the general population, researchers from The Netherlands report. Some reports suggest that breast cancer […]
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UPDATED // Although mammography is often not recommended for women 75 years and older, it might be beneficial for this age group, according to a study published online August 5 in Radiology. Mammography-detected breast cancer in women 75 years […]
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Women with a rare gene mutation and associated hereditary endocrine disease are at an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a letter published in the August 7 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The rare disease […]
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It’s never too late to get moving and somewhat reduce breast cancer risk. That’s the message from a prospective cohort study of 59,000 postmenopausal women in France. The researchers found that women who undertook moderate levels of exercise […]
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