By: Matthew Shinkle From: healio.com Key takeaways: Women who received radiation and high-dose doxorubicin as a child had the greatest risk for subsequent breast cancer. Nearly 5% of girls receiving anthracycline-based chemotherapy had subsequent breast cancer. Women who received anthracycline chemotherapy following a childhood cancer diagnosis are at an increased risk for subsequent breast cancer later in life, according to …
African genetic ancestry may be linked to breast cancer aggressiveness
By: Erin T. Welsh, MA From: healio.com Key takeaways: Higher African ancestry was linked to higher odds of estrogen receptor-negative tumors and triple-negative breast cancer. Neighborhood socioeconomic status increases were linked to lower all-cause mortality. Higher African genetic ancestry was associated with more aggressive tumor subtypes at diagnosis among Black women with breast cancer, according to cohort study findings published …
New genes linked to breast cancer risk identified
Source: Université Laval From: news-medical.net A large-scale international collaborative study lead by Professor Jacques Simard from Université Laval and Professor Douglas Easton at the University of Cambridge, UK, has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to identify women at increased risk. Current genetic tests for breast cancer only consider a few genes, …
Mammography Study Finds No Significant Link Between Breast Density and Breast Cancer Prognosis
By: Jeff Hall From: diagnosticimaging.com In a study involving over 1,100 women diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers found that 48.7 percent of women alive or dead from other causes at a median follow-up of 11.7 years had moderately dense breasts. They also found that 46 percent of women who died from breast cancer at a median-follow-up of 5.3 years had …
Chronic inflammation linked to cognitive difficulties among older breast cancer survivors
By: Devin McLaughlin From: healio.com Higher levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein predicted lower reported cognitive function among older breast cancer survivors, according to study results published in Journal of Clinical Oncology. The findings add to evidence that links chronic inflammation with cognitive problems among cancer survivors, researchers wrote. Background Most breast cancer survivors in the U.S. are aged …