Avoiding Breast Cancer RT: 'Practice-Changing Tipping Point'Avoiding Breast Cancer RT: 'Practice-Changing Tipping Point'
Results from the phase 3 PRIME II study suggest that some older women with early breast cancer can avoid radiotherapy (RT) after breast-conservation surgery. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - February 4, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Major Trial: A Win-Win in Treating Good-risk DCISMajor Trial: A Win-Win in Treating Good-risk DCIS
At 7 years, the rate of recurrence in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is low with breast-conserving surgery alone. But the addition of radiotherapy makes the rate even better. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 30, 2015 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Some older cancer patients can avoid radiotherapy, study finds
Some older women with breast cancer could safely avoid radiotherapy, without harming their chances of survival, a study has shown. Older women with early breast cancer who are given breast-conserving surgery and hormone therapy gain very modest benefit from radiotherapy, researchers conclude. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 28, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Use of short-course whole-breast irradiation after surgery increases
The use of short-course whole-breast irradiation after breast-conserving surgery (more) (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - December 12, 2014 Category: Radiology Source Type: news
North Texas Fracking Zone Sees Growing Health Worries
This story was published by The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit, nonpartisan investigative news organization in Washington, D.C.
DALLAS—Propped up on a hospital bed, Taylor Ishee listened as his mother shared a conviction that choked her up. His rare cancer had a cause, she believes, and it wasn’t genetics.
Others in Texas have drawn the same conclusions about their confounding illnesses. Jana DeGrand, who suffered a heart attack and needed both her gallbladder and her appendix removed. Rebecca Williams, fighting off unexplained rashes, sharp headaches and repeated bouts of pneumonia. Maile Bush, who needed...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - December 11, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Many breast cancer surgery patients do not receive shorter radiation treatment
(The JAMA Network Journals) Although the use of a type of radiation treatment that is shorter in duration and less costly has increased among women with early-stage breast cancer who had breast conserving surgery, most patients who meet guidelines to receive this treatment do not, according to a study appearing in JAMA. The study is being released to coincide with the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 10, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Intraoperative Frozen Sections in Breast-Conserving TherapyIntraoperative Frozen Sections in Breast-Conserving Therapy
Achieving acceptable margin status in breast conserving surgery can be challenging. Are intraoperative frozen sections sufficient to avoid additional surgery? American Journal of Clinical Pathology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - December 4, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Journal Article Source Type: news
Mastectomy Use on the Rise in Women Eligible for Breast Conservation Surgery (FREE)
By Kelly Young
Edited by Susan Sadoughi, MD, and Richard Saitz, MD, MPH, FACP, FASAM
Women with early-stage breast cancer who are eligible for breast conservation surgery … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 20, 2014 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Doctors stumped as more breast cancer patients remove healthy breasts
Evidence is mounting that too many women with early-stage breast cancer are opting for mastectomies instead of having breast-conserving surgeries that offer the same odds of survival. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - November 19, 2014 Category: Science Source Type: news
Breast removal rates increasing for early cancers in U.S.
(Reuters Health) - More women in the U.S. are choosing to have their breasts removed for early cancers instead of breast-conserving procedures that deliver equal results, according to a new study. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 19, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Vanderbilt study finds more breast cancer patients opting for mastectomy
(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) Far more breast cancer patients are choosing to undergo mastectomy, including removal of both breasts, instead of choosing breast conservation surgery even when they have early stage disease that is confined to one breast, a Vanderbilt study shows. In the past decade, there have also been marked trends toward higher proportions of women opting for breast reconstruction. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - November 19, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
After Breast Conservation, 1 in 4 Women Have Repeat SurgeryAfter Breast Conservation, 1 in 4 Women Have Repeat Surgery
After initial breast conservation surgery for stage 0 to II breast cancer, one in four women may still undergo a second surgery. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Quarter of patients have subsequent surgery after breast conservation surgery
(The JAMA Network Journals) Nearly one-quarter of all patients who underwent initial breast conservation surgery for breast cancer had a subsequent surgical intervention, according to a report published online by JAMA Surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 12, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
CTC Status Predicts RT Benefit in Early - Stage Breast Cancer
CTC status linked to longer overall survival in those undergoing breast conserving surgery (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - November 11, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Oncology, Pathology, Radiology, Journal, Source Type: news
Time to Breast Cancer Surgery Delayed for Non - Hispanic Blacks
Racial differences in TTS did not explain racial differences in overall survival with breast - conserving sx (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - November 11, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Oncology, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news
