Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life, associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early onset menopause, according to...
SAN ANTONIO - For this final report from the 2011 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, we are going to focus on the larger themes or take home messages, rather than on individual studies.
SAN ANTONIO - Many post menopausal women take drugs known as bisphosphonates to help maintain bone strength. New studies presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium provide strong evidence that these drugs can also help reduce the risk o
SAN ANTONIO - Several years ago, a large German group presented data on an innovative approach to making treatment decisions for women receiving pre-operative chemotherapy for breast cancer.
SAN ANTONIO - A new study shows that women who have a bilateral oophorectomy are very susceptible to having lower bone density compared to women who still have their ovaries.
SAN ANTONIO - Axillary lymph node dissections were once considered essential to determining how the extent of the cancer and making treatment decisions.
SAN ANTONIO - In recent years, researchers have begun to understand that the environment in which a tumor grows is very important.
SAN ANTONIO - For many women, having breast reconstruction at the same time they have surgery to treat their breast cancers is a good option. A new study shows that a number of factors influence whether or not that happens.
SAN ANTONIO - A new study looks at the risk factors for contralateral breast cancer patients with the BRCA mutation in over 5,000 patients in the Netherlands.
SAN ANTONIO - Up to now, patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) have all faced surgery and radiation therapy. A new test offers treatment options to some patients...
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