Financial Toxicity Linked to QOL After Breast Cancer Surgery
Strongest correlation seen for BREAST-Q psychosocial well-being, with 0.89 change per unit change in financial toxicity score.
Breast Cancer
New Clinical Decision Tool Predicts Survival Outcomes in Early-Stage TNBC
Development of prognostic tool identified a range of variables that combine to predict recurrence-free and overall survival in patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer.
Statins May Protect Heart From Chemo for Early Breast Cancer
For women with early breast cancer treated with anthracyclines, statin exposure is associated with a lower risk for hospital presentation for heart failure.
New Mammogram-Based Measures Improve Breast Cancer Prediction
For screen-detected, younger-diagnosis breast cancers, best-fitting models include new measures based on brightness, texture.
Influence of Health Literacy of Informal Caregivers on Patient Outcomes
An analysis of patient outcomes revealed links between depression and HRQOL in patients with their informal caregivers’ level of health literacy.
SABCS: Some Older Women With Breast Cancer May Opt to Skip RT
Local recurrence increased but overall survival at 10 years similar with omission of RT in older women with HR+ breast cancer.
SABCS: Adverse Effects of Breast RT Under-Recognized
Under-recognition of at least one of four symptoms occurred at least once for 53.2 percent of patients reporting symptoms.
Breast Cancer in Childbearing Years: Breastfeeding After Cancer Treatment
Literature review highlights barriers and aids to breastfeeding for breast cancer survivors.
Alpelisib in the Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Short Review on the Emerging Clinical Data
[Breast Cancer: Targets and Therapy] This review focuses on alpelisib, a PI3K inhibitor, approved for the treatment of HR+/HER2 negative metastatic breast cancer in patients with a PIK3CA mutation who have received prior endocrine therapy.
Breast Cancer in Childbearing Years: Fertility Preservation Prior to Treatment Improves Outcomes for Survivors
The effect of fertility preservation on reproductive outcomes for breast cancer survivors after their treatment is completed was investigated in this Swedish study.
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