Breast screening helps precision medicine succeed
A new review argues that screening mammography is crucial to prevent breast...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Notification laws may not lead to more breast screening Women with DCIS have 3x the risk of breast cancer death Do breast screening guidelines overlook Black women? Hormone receptor-positive cancers on the rise Mobile mammo leads to early detection for vulnerable women (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - October 2, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Is an Early Form of Breast Cancer More Dangerous Than Thought?
TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2020 -- Women diagnosed with an early, highly treatable form of breast cancer still face a higher-than-normal risk of eventually dying from the disease, a large new study finds. The study looked at women with ductal carcinoma in... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 22, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Radiation tied to breast cancer delays for Black women
Black women with breast cancer may be more likely to experience treatment delays...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Women with DCIS have 3x the risk of breast cancer death Do breast screening guidelines overlook Black women? Medicaid expansion tied to early breast cancer diagnosis Insurance plays major role in breast cancer disparities Black women still at higher risk of breast cancer death (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Threefold Higher Risk for Breast Cancer Death With DCIS Threefold Higher Risk for Breast Cancer Death With DCIS
Compared to the general population, women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) were more than three times more likely to die from breast cancer; the risk was particularly high for Black women and young women.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - September 18, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Women with DCIS have 3x the risk of breast cancer death
A new study adds weight to the belief that ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Delayed breast cancer surgery not tied to worse outcomes Preop MRI finds 11% more cancer in women with DCIS Years later, DCIS tied to more imaging but not anxiety Black women still at higher risk of breast cancer death Does imaging modality influence DCIS recurrence? (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - September 17, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Surgical Delays Not Life - Threatening in Early Breast Cancer
Increased time to surgery linked to elevated odds of pathological upstaging in DCIS, not in invasive cancer (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - August 12, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Family Medicine, Gynecology, Infections, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pathology, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news

Surgical Delays Not Life-Threatening in Early Breast Cancer
WEDNESDAY, Aug. 12, 2020 -- Surgical delays do not seem to be life-threatening for women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) or with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer, according to a study published online Aug. 6 in the... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - August 12, 2020 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Which breast cancer patients benefit from preop MRI?
Which breast cancer patients should get preoperative MRI? The answer may not...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Textural analysis improves breast MRI's accuracy Preop MRI finds 11% more cancer in women with DCIS MRI features help predict breast cancer prognosis Breast MRI works as presurgical tool Preop breast MRI forecasts positive tumor margins (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 21, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Textural analysis improves breast MRI's accuracy
Adding textural analysis to breast MRI appears to boost the modality's accuracy...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Preop MRI finds 11% more cancer in women with DCIS Breast MRI lesion score can cut unnecessary biopsies Breast MRI's better cancer detection outweighs false-positive 'harm' Bilateral breast MRI needed even after mastectomy MRI features help predict breast cancer prognosis (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 17, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

T1 mapping shows promise for assessing neuroblastoma
The common MRI technique called T1 mapping -- typically used for patients with...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Imaging shows new, post-SARS-CoV-2 illness in children Preop MRI finds 11% more cancer in women with DCIS PET, MRI uncover women's predisposition to Alzheimer's Imaging reveals baby girl in SC born with 2nd mouth Caution indicated with new GBCAs for kidney patients (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - July 1, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Preop MRI finds 11% more cancer in women with DCIS
Preoperative breast MRI finds 11% more cancer in women with ductal carcinoma...Read more on AuntMinnie.comRelated Reading: Years later, DCIS tied to more imaging but not anxiety Who gets breast cancer treatment during a pandemic? Breast MRI works as presurgical tool 10-minute breast MRI scan beats DBT for invasive cancer Does imaging modality influence DCIS recurrence? (Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines)
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - June 24, 2020 Category: Radiology Source Type: news

Increased Risk for Invasive Breast Cancer After DCIS Increased Risk for Invasive Breast Cancer After DCIS
A new analysis shows that any diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ is associated with a long-term risk of invasive breast cancer and that treatment lowers this risk.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - June 4, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news

Very Early-Stage Breast Cancer Ups Long-Term Odds for Invasive Tumors: Study
FRIDAY, May 29, 2020 -- Women with cancerous cells in their milk ducts -- also known as DCIS -- are at a high risk for developing fatal breast cancer, British researchers report. DCIS is short for ductal carcinoma in situ, an early form of breast... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - May 29, 2020 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

Trastuzumab achieves slight reduction in recurrence for women with HER2-positive DCIS
(NRG Oncology) The addition of the monoclonal antibody therapy Trastuzumab to radiotherapy did not reach the protocol objective of a 36% reduction in the ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence rate for women with HER2-positive ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) on the NRG Oncology clinical trial NSABP B-43. The trial did find a statistically non-significant, modest (19%) reduction in the rate of recurrence among women that received trastuzumab, but this difference was not statistically significant. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - May 29, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Risk for Later Invasive Breast Cancer Up for Women With DCIS
Risks for invasive breast cancer, death from breast cancer higher for up to 20 years following diagnosis (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - May 28, 2020 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Gynecology, Oncology, Pharmacy, Radiology, Surgery, Journal, Source Type: news