Breast Cancer
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CTC counts signal treatment choice in ER-positive/HER2-negative metastatic breast cancer
SAN ANTONIO – Circulating tumor cell counts rival clinician choice for determining whether to prescribe hormonal therapy or chemotherapy,...
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AMAROS: Radiation has edge for axillary treatment
SAN ANTONIO – In patients with a positive sentinel node, axillary radiation has similar efficacy to axillary lymph node dissection and less...
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Dr. Ingrid A. Mayer on neoadjuvant endocrine therapy: The times are changing
SAN ANTONIO – More phase 2 neoadjuvant endocrine therapy breast cancer trials are needed to inform design of phase 3...
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DTCs in marrow herald worse outcomes for early breast cancer
SAN ANTONIO – Disseminated tumor cells detected in marrow at diagnosis or primary surgery for early breast cancer are associated with worse...
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Exercise during adjuvant breast cancer therapy improves CV outcomes
SAN ANTONIO – A tailored 12-month exercise program during adjuvant breast cancer treatment appears to protect...
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Oxybutynin nets dramatic reduction in hot flashes
SAN ANTONIO – The 6-week reduction in a hot flash score capturing both frequency and severity was about 30% with placebo, 65% with oxybutynin 2.5...
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Extent of breast surgery is tied to quality of life among young breast cancer survivors
SAN ANTONIO – Younger breast cancer patients who undergo unilateral or bilateral mastectomy report lower breast satisfaction and poorer...
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pCR may obviate need for adjuvant chemotherapy
SAN ANTONIO – A meta-analysis finds no added event-free survival benefit from adjuvant chemotherapy among the 21.1% of patients who achieved a pCR...
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Extended anastrozole improves DFS, distant DFS
SAN ANTONIO – Extending treatment to 10 years significantly improved DFS and distant DFS in postmenopausal women...
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Tamoxifen at 5 mg halves recurrence of breast intraepithelial neoplasia
SAN ANTONIO – For patients with ADH, DCIS, or LCIS, one-fourth of the standard dose reduced risk for both invasive disease/DCIS and contralateral...
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TNBC survival appears better when adjuvant chemotherapy is delivered within 30 days
SAN ANTONIO – The longer the delay in initiating adjuvant chemotherapy, the worse the survival in patients with...