News tagged ‘BreastCancer’ clear
- A New England Journal of Medicine study found breast cancer patients treated with radiation face an increased risk of heart disease. Dr. Eric Winer said radiation therapy is safe, and patients should not avoid the potentially lifesaving treatment.
Tags: BreastCancer, Radiation
- A study in the New England Journal of Medicine found breast cancer patients who had radiation are at increased risk for heart disease. In an editorial Dr. Javid Moslehi stressed the importance of assessing cardiac risk factors.
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- In an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Javid Moslehi commented on the need for assessing cardiac risk factors for breast cancer patients starting radiation. (Full article requires a subscription)
Tags: BreastCancer, Radiation
- Dr. Javid Moslehi wrote in an editorial that cardiac risk factors should be assessed when a breast cancer patient starts radiation treatment and continued throughout survivorship.
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- In an editorial in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Javid Moslehi wrote cardiac risk factors should be considered when a breast cancer patient starts radiation.
Tags: BreastCancer, Radiation
- Research reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association shows there is a small, but significant increase in young women being diagnosed with advanced-stage breast cancer. Dr. Ann Partridge says more needs to be done to figure out why this is happening.
Tags: BreastCancer
- Dr. Eric Winer comments on the FDA's recent approval of the breast cancer drug Kadcyla. He says clinical trials show that the drug is both highly effective and has few side effects.
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- Dana-Farber patient Peter Devereaux and his oncologist, Kathryn Ruddy, MD, MPH, were featured in a story on NBC.com about male breast cancer. Devereaux is one of several marines who developed breast cancer after serving in Camp Lejeune in North Carolina.
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- A study in the journal Cancer suggests that breast cancer patients who opt for lumpectomies with radiation might have a small survival advantage compared with those who have mastectomies. Dr. Mehra Golshan says it is hard to imagine that less surgery with radiation gives a better outcome.
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