October 19, 2020

Radiation Plus Surgery May Be Best Against an Early Form of Breast Cancer

MONDAY, Oct. 5, 2020 -- Research following patients for nearly three decades finds that surgery plus radiation beats surgery alone for women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) -- a common, early form of breast cancer that can become invasive cancer.

However, the study also found that any survival advantage for the combo treatment appears to fade over the long term.

September 29, 2020

Breast Cancer Treatment Comes Later, Lasts Longer for Black Women

FRIDAY, Sept. 25, 2020 -- Among breast cancer patients in the United States, Black women are more likely to start treatment later and to have a longer treatment period than white women, new research shows.

For the study, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill analyzed data from more than 2,800 patients (about equal numbers of Black women and white women) with stage 1 to 3 breast cancer in the Carolina Breast Cancer Study.

September 29, 2020

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 situ (DCIS), where cancer cells form in the lining of the milk ducts but have not yet invaded the breast tissue. Sometimes it's called a "pre-cancer," other times a "noninvasive breast cancer" -- terms that can be confusing, and partly reflect the fact that DCIS is not fully understood.

September 21, 2020

Mother and Son Draw Hope, Healing From Shared Cancer Treatment

THURSDAY, Sept. 17, 2020 -- Families bond over lots of shared experiences -- but one Leslie Seigel and her adult son, Josh, never expected to share was battling cancer.

Soon after Leslie finished chemotherapy for an aggressive form of breast cancer, however, Josh found himself waging his own battle with testicular cancer.

September 2, 2020

Delayed Surgery for Early Breast Cancer Won't Harm Survival: Study

MONDAY, Aug. 17, 2020 -- Women with early-stage breast cancer whose surgery has been postponed during the coronavirus pandemic need not worry about the delay, new study findings suggest.

A longer time from diagnosis to surgery doesn't affect overall survival of women with early-stage tumors, the researchers found. They also said a delay didn't lower survival among women with estrogen-sensitive, early-stage breast cancer who received neoadjuvant endocrine therapy before their surgery.