early stage breast cancer

February 25, 2019

More Intense Chemotherapy May Lower Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence and Death, Study Says

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Reducing the interval between chemotherapy treatment cycles or administering chemotherapy medications sequentially at higher doses, rather than simultaneously at lower doses, increases treatment efficacy and decreases the risk of breast ... Read more

June 20, 2018

Most Women with Early Breast Cancer Can Forgo Chemotherapy, Large Trial Finds

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Seventy percent of women with the most common form of early breast cancer can avoid chemotherapy after surgery, according to a landmark Phase 3 clinical trial. The trial’s results, “Adjuvant ... Read more

December 13, 2017

Curie Institute Is Partnering with Agendia on Breast Cancer Test Processing Study

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The Institut Curie in Paris is teaming up with Agendia to examine the feasibility of cancer centers rather processing the genetic tests that the company developed to predict breast cancer outcomes. At the moment the processing ... Read more

May 31, 2017

Early-stage Breast Cancer Patients Often Undergo Costly, Unnecessary Post-treatment Testing

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Researchers found that women who have been treated for early-stage breast cancer and who no longer show symptoms are often advised to undergo advanced imaging and biomarker tests that have been proven unnecessary, ... Read more

May 5, 2017May 5, 2017

Full Interview with Agendia’s CMO on MammaPrint 70-gene Signature Test

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Breast Cancer News, in an email exchange, interviewed Dr. William Audeh, chief medical officer of Agendia and a breast medical oncologist with nearly 30 years of clinical practice experience, to know more ... Read more

March 28, 2017March 28, 2017

Older Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients Get More Radiation Therapy than They Need, Study Shows

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More than half of older early-stage breast cancer patients received more radiation therapy than they needed, resulting in unnecessary treatments and tens of millions of dollars in extra healthcare costs. The study with ... Read more

February 27, 2017February 27, 2017

Muscle Mass Could Predict Chemo Side Effects in Early Breast Cancer, Study Reports

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Early-stage breast cancer patients with low muscle mass are at increased risk of experiencing serious chemotherapy side effects and twice as likely to be hospitalized, according to a study. The ... Read more

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017

Early-stage Patients at Intermediate Risk of Cancer’s Return Can Safely Skip Chemotherapy, Study Suggests

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Women with early stage breast cancer that is hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative, and lymph node-negative, but who — based on a 21-gene expression assay — are thought to be at intermediate ... Read more

December 21, 2016

ASCO Breast Cancer Guidelines Again Favor of Sentinel Node Biopsy, But Differences in Practice Exist

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently updated its guidelines for early stage breast cancer treatment, reaffirming a 2014 recommendation of a “less-is-more” approach that favors a sentinel lymph node ... Read more

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016

Herceptin Seen as Effective and Cost-Effective for ‘Worst-Case’ Early Breast Cancers in Study

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Depending on the disease characteristics and age of a women with early stage but aggressive breast cancer, the cost-effectiveness of Herceptin (trastuzumab) may vary widely, according to a recent study ... Read more