From: healthline.com Fibrocystic breast disease can cause the breasts to feel lumpy. While it isn’t associated with an increased breast cancer risk, it may make it more difficult to identify lumps due to breast cancer. What is fibrocystic breast disease? Fibrocystic breast disease, commonly called fibrocystic breasts or fibrocystic change, is a benign (noncancerous) condition in which the breasts feel …
How young can you get breast cancer?
By: Jasmine Sukumar, M.D. From: mdanderson.org While it’s true that your breast cancer risk increases as you get older, in recent years, we’ve seen an increase in breast cancer diagnoses in women younger than 50. Statistics from the American Cancer Society show that from 2012 through 2021, new breast cancer diagnoses in women younger than 50 increased at a faster …
Balancing Benefit and Risk: Optimizing Systemic Therapies for HR+ Early-Stage Breast Cancer
From: medscape.com Hormone receptor-positive (HR+) early-stage breast cancer is one of the most common types of breast cancer, characterized by tumor cells that have receptors for estrogen or progesterone hormones. Although significant progress has been made in screening, treatment, and surgery, the risk of recurrence still remains. To explore therapies for managing HR+ early-stage breast cancer, Medscape spoke with Hope S. Rugo, MD, …
Patient-Attributable Delays in Breast Cancer Care Linked to Increased Risk for 2-Year Mortality
Source This study was led by Desirée Martín-García, Hospital Universitario Costa del Sol, Marbella, Spain. I From: medscape.com TOPLINE: Patient-attributable delays exceeding 90 days in breast cancer care were associated with a more than threefold higher risk for 2-year mortality. Living alone emerged as the only independent predictor of prolonged patient-attributable delay (PPAD), increasing the risk for delay by 88.2%. …
Researchers discover a genetic predisposition increasing the risk of breast cancer metastasis
From: rockefeller.edu Ninety percent of cancer deaths are due to the spread of cancer, not complications from the original tumor. Thus, for over 50 years now, scientists have been on a quest to identify which malignant mutations within the tumor allow rogue cells to break away from the primary tumor and travel through the bloodstream and lymphatic system to metastasize …
Breast, Ovarian Cancer Risks of RAD51C Variants Assessed Systematically
From: insideprecisionmedicine.com Researchers from the Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators investigated RAD51C and uncovered over 3,000 harmful genetic changes that could potentially disrupt its function and increase cancer risk in breast and ovarian cancer. The findings are published in the journal Cell and paves the way for better risk assessment and more personalized care. By mapping the protein structure, …
Gestational Diabetes and Risk for Breast Cancer
By: The ASCO Post Staff From: ascopost.com Women who develop gestational diabetes may not have a higher likelihood of being diagnosed with breast cancer, according to recent findings that will be presented by Christensen et al at the upcoming European Association for the Study of Diabetes Annual Meeting 2024 (Abstract 180). Background Gestational diabetes affects 14% of pregnant women globally …
New Study Assesses the Impact of CT Radiation on Mortality at 10 Years
By: Jeff Hall From: diagnosticimaging.com New research examining the 10-year mortality of patients after undergoing computed tomography (CT) exams may lead to a reevaluation of CT-associated radiation risks. For the retrospective study, recently published in the European Journal of Radiology, researchers examined different radiation cumulative effective dose (CED) levels and 10-year mortality rates for 36,545 patients who had CT exams …
Cancer Screening Considerations: Balancing the Benefits and Risks
By: Syed S. A. From: news-medical.net The goal of cancer screening is to detect cancer early when the chances of survival are higher compared to discovering the disease after symptoms appear. The prognosis usually depends on the stage at diagnosis 1. While screenings serve as essential tools in this endeavor, it is crucial to acknowledge their limitations and associated risks. …
The Medical Minute: Do you know your risks for breast cancer?
From: pennstatehealthnews.org The reminders are everywhere. When a woman turns 40, doctors say she should begin receiving yearly mammograms to detect breast cancer. You see it on posters, ads and buttons. Doctors beat the drum forcefully and often because the stakes are high. Breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in women, according to the American Cancer …
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