Fluorescent Guide Can ID Tumor Missed by Standard Lumpectomy
TUESDAY, May 23, 2023 -- For patients with stages 0 to 3 breast cancers, pegulicianine fluorescence-guided surgery (pFGS) can enhance the efficacy of lumpectomy surgery, according to a study published online April 27 in NEJM Evidence.
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Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - May 23, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Key Takeaways in Early Breast Cancer From AACR 2023 Key Takeaways in Early Breast Cancer From AACR 2023
A novel agent used to visualize positive margins in lumpectomy, the effect of race on skin toxicity in radiotherapy, and DCIS recurrence are key highlights from AACR 2023, reported by Dr Kathy Miller.Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - May 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: None ReCAP Source Type: news
Novel Fluorescence Guidance Improves Lumpectomy Outcomes Novel Fluorescence Guidance Improves Lumpectomy Outcomes
Intracavity, real-time assessment of margins using a novel imaging agent and visualization system may improve complete resection rates, new findings show.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Preop MRI Does Not Reduce Positive Margins in Breast Surgery Preop MRI Does Not Reduce Positive Margins in Breast Surgery
Having an MRI before surgery does not help to reduce positive surgical margins in women undergoing a lumpectomy, say US researchers.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 27, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Patients with multiple tumors in one breast may not need mastectomy, research finds
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Patients who have multiple tumors in one breast may be able to avoid a mastectomy if the tumors can be removed while leaving enough breast tissue, according to research led by the Alliance in Clinical Trials in Oncology and Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Patients would receive breast-c onserving therapy: a lumpectomy followed by whole-breast radiation therapy, rather than mastectomy. The study is published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Watch: Dr. Judy… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - March 28, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news
Safe to Omit RT After Lumpectomy in Certain Older Breast Cancer Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Radiotherapy after breast-conserving surgery can be safely omitted in certain older women with low-risk, hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer receiving adjuvant endocrine therapy, 10-year results of the PRIME II trial... (Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology)
Source: MedPage Today Hematology/Oncology - February 15, 2023 Category: Hematology Source Type: news
Gene Test Might Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Radiation After Lumpectomy
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Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - December 9, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Research, Surgery, News, Source Type: news
Gene Test Might Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Radiation After Lumpectomy
Currently, people with an invasive type of breast cancer typically have surgery to remove the cancer followed by radiation, to reduce the risk that their breast cancer will return in the same spot. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gene Test Might Help Some Breast Cancer Patients Skip Radiation After Lumpectomy
FRIDAY, Dec. 9, 2022 -- A new genetic test may help determine which people with breast cancer can safely skip radiation after breast-conserving surgery to remove their tumor.
Individuals with invasive breast cancer who had low scores on an... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - December 9, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
More breast cancer patients can choose smaller surgery
A new breast cancer study finds many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed (Source: ABC News: Health)
Source: ABC News: Health - December 9, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news
Optimal Radiation Regimen When Breast Cancer Recurs? Optimal Radiation Regimen When Breast Cancer Recurs?
Overall, the study highlights the efficacy of lumpectomy plus radiation as an alternative to mastectomy for recurrent disease. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.First Look (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 18, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Study Takes Long-Term Look at Benefits of Radiation After Breast Lumpectomy
FRIDAY, Nov. 18, 2022 -- If you ' re diagnosed with early breast cancer, treatment often involves breast-conserving surgery followed by chemotherapy, medication and a course of radiation to keep your cancer from coming back. However, little has been... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - November 18, 2022 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
The Race to Make a Vaccine for Breast Cancer
When Karen Lynch was diagnosed with breast cancer at age 44, it was a shock, but not a complete surprise. “My family history is just riddled with cancer; my father had prostate cancer and died from stomach and esophageal cancer, and his five sisters passed from breast cancer,” she says. “My mother died from pancreatic cancer.” It was 1996, and genetic testing was not as routine as it is now, so it wasn’t until nine years after her diagnosis and treatment with lumpectomy and radiation that Lynch learned she carried the BRCA1 mutation, which increases her risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer...
Source: TIME: Health - October 6, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized Cancer feature Frontiers of Medicine 2022 healthscienceclimate sponsorshipblock Source Type: news
Select Patients With Breast Cancer May Skip RT After Lumpectomy Select Patients With Breast Cancer May Skip RT After Lumpectomy
Older patients with low-grade, luminal A-type breast cancer may only need endocrine therapy following breast-conserving surgery and could avoid radiation therapy entirely.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 7, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Mastectomy May Not Be Necessary for Young Breast Cancer Patients Mastectomy May Not Be Necessary for Young Breast Cancer Patients
Mastectomies among younger women with nonmetastatic invasive breast cancer may not always be necessary, suggests a study that shows survival outcomes are similar after a lumpectomy.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - May 17, 2022 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
