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The incurable form of breast cancer, metastatic disease, is mostly invisible during Breast Cancer Awareness Month in the United States, but some organizations and individuals are working to change that. However, they are facing an uphill battle because widespread […]
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Is this the most extreme example of pinkwashing? A major fracking company painted some of its hydraulic drill bits pink as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month — but fracking relies on carcinogens like formaldehyde and benzene, critics point out. […]
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One in four women who undergo breast conservation surgery (BCS) for stage 0 to II breast cancer return for more surgery, according to an analysis published online November 12 in JAMA Surgery. The incidence of second breast cancer surgeries […]
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Having dense breast tissue, a risk factor for breast cancer, is highly genetic, which may partially explain the familial aggregation of breast cancer, Swedish researchers report. Mammographic density is a strong heritable trait, but data on its genetic component […]
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Women’s risk for endometrial cancer is increased by 82% if they have a mother, sister, or daughter with endometrial cancer, according to a meta-analysis published online December 5 in Obstetrics & Gynecology. Their risk is also increased by 17% if […]
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — It’s a gift that just keeps on giving: five years of tamoxifen continues to prevent breast cancer from developing in women at high risk for the disease, more than 15 years after they stopped taking it. […]
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Long-awaited survival data from the Women’s Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS), which began in 1994 and evaluated a low-fat diet intervention as an adjuvant breast cancer therapy, show that there was no statistically significant reduction in mortality in the overall study […]
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Only a minority of women who are eligible for breast cancer chemoprevention will wind up using it, studies show, but new findings from a “high-risk” breast clinic suggest uptake could be higher if women receive adequate counseling. “We found […]
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SAN ANTONIO — A clinical validation study in a general population of patients who had undergone breast-conserving surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) has shown that the 12-gene Oncotype DX DCIS Score (Genomic Health) is good at predicting whether […]
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SAN ANTONIO — Screening ultrasound in addition to mammography should be routine for women with dense breast tissue, according to a study from Connecticut, where the first breast density notification law was passed. The positive predictive value of screening […]
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