By: Mayo Clinic News Network From: medicalxpress.com If you are one of the millions of women identified as having dense breasts, your health care team may recommend supplemental or additional screening to check your breasts for cancer. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a breast radiologist at Mayo Clinic, says there are several options when it comes to these screening tests. She recommends …
The four types of systemic therapy for breast cancer
By: Mayo Clinic News Network From: medicalxpress.com Treatment for breast cancer can come in many forms. In addition to surgery to remove cancerous tissue and radiation therapy, breast cancer is also commonly treated with drugs that are taken orally or intravenously, as an infusion into a vein. Drugs that treat cancer are also called systemic therapies. Types of systemic therapies …
Surgical Innovations Help Personalize Breast Cancer Treatment, Improve Quality of Life
From: newswise.com There are two surgical options to treat breast cancer: lumpectomy and mastectomy. But there are many more reasons why women choose one over another, says Sarah McLaughlin, M.D., a breast surgical oncologist and chair of the Department of Surgery at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. “Some of that can be cancer-based, some of it can be family history and …
Mayo Clinic study reveals proton beam therapy may shorten breast cancer treatment
From: southfloridahospitalnews.com n a randomized trial, published in The Lancet Oncology, Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center researchers uncover evidence supporting a shorter treatment time for breast cancer patients. The study compared two separate dosing schedules of pencil-beam scanning proton therapy, the most advanced type of proton therapy known for its precision in targeting cancer cells while preserving healthy tissue to reduce the risk of …
Mayo Clinic researchers identify women with twice the risk of cancer in both breasts
By: Mayo Clinic From: newswise.com Women with cancer in one breast may be at higher risk of developing cancer in the opposite breast if they are carriers of specific genetic changes that predispose them to develop breast cancer, according to a study led by the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, will …
Researchers advocate new approach to breast cancer prevention
By: Mayo Clinic From: medicalxpress.com A commentary by Mayo Clinic Cancer Center researchers published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology Practice suggests that advances in breast cancer prevention research have resulted in new and innovative opportunities to modify breast cancer risk and potentially reduce breast cancer incidence and mortality. “It is prudent for health care providers to be knowledgeable about …
Turmeric supplements not proven as safe in breast cancer treatment
By: Dawn Mussallem, D.O., Tribune Content Agency From: news8000.com DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently was diagnosed with breast cancer, and I will have surgery followed by chemotherapy. A friend told me that turmeric has anti-cancer properties. I have taken turmeric supplements in the past for osteoarthritis. Can you tell me more about turmeric and if I can safely take it …
Mayo Clinic research suggests women over 65 be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing
Source: Mayo Clinic From: eurekalert.org A new study by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., of Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, along with collaborators from the CARRIERS consortium, suggests that most women with breast cancer diagnosed over 65 should be offered hereditary cancer genetic testing. The study was published Thursday, July 22, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Dr. Couch says that women over …
Mayo Clinic Minute: Using targeted therapy to treat breast cancer
By: Deedee Stiepan From: medicalxpress.com Proton therapy is a newer type of radiation therapy that uses energy from positively charged particles called protons. Studies have suggested that proton therapy may cause fewer side effects than traditional radiation, since doctors can better control where the proton beams deposit their energy. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Robert Mutter, a Mayo Clinic …
Study updates breast cancer risk estimates for women with no family history
Source: Mayo Clinic From: eurekalert.org A new multi-institution study led by Fergus Couch, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic pathologist, provides more accurate estimates of breast cancer risk for U.S. women who harbor inherited mutations in breast cancer predisposition genes. The findings of the CARRIERS Consortium study, which were published Wednesday, Jan. 20 in the New England Journal of Medicine, may allow …