Breast Cancer
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FDA advisory panel backs approval of neoadjuvant pertuzumab for breast cancer
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MammoSite has comparatively high long-term complication rate
Major finding: Forty-two percent of MammoSite patients had long-term complications, vs. 9% of those who had whole breast radiation therapy.
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Abbreviated MRI breast cancer screening protocol accurate
Major finding: MRI screening identified 11 cancers, for an additional yield of 18 cancers per 1,000 examinations beyond what could be detected by...
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Perioperative MRI fails to reduce recurrence risk in women with ductal carcinoma in situ
Major finding: Women who received MRI in addition to conventional imaging did not have a lower 5-year rate of locoregional recurrence when...
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Most women misestimate their breast cancer risk
Major Finding: Overall, 44.7% of women underestimated their risk and 45.9% overestimated their risk, while just 9.4% gave an accurate estimate....
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No increase in cardiovascular risk seen after radiation therapy for DCIS
Major finding: The rate of CVD diagnosis did not differ between patients treated with surgery alone and patients treated with surgery plus...
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Long-term amenorrhea risk no higher for premenopausal breast cancer patients with BRCA mutations
Major finding: The probabilities of chemotherapy-induced amenorrhea were 7.2% for women diagnosed at or before age 30 years, 33% for women...
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Long-term CCB therapy linked to higher breast cancer risk
Major finding: Long-term use of calcium-channel blockers (10 years or more) was related to increased risk of breast cancer, with an OR of 2.4 for...
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Stem cell mutations in breast cancer may confer metastatic risk
Major finding: Nine of 10 specimens with mutations in breast cancer stem and progenitor cells, as compared with 4 of 20 tumors without BCSC...
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Racial discrepancy in breast cancer survival examined
Major finding: When breast cancer patients were matched for demographic characteristics at presentation, 5-year survival was 68.8% for white women...
Expert Commentary
Do cosmetic breast implants hinder the detection of malignancy and reduce breast cancer–specific survival?
Yes. According to this systematic review and two meta-analyses of observational studies, cosmetic breast augmentation adversely affects survival...