Breast cancer is hard enough. Treatment should be quick and easy. That's the thinking of many physicians who have opted to offer MammoSite, a type of radiation that cuts treatment time from several ...

Time to Progression in Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients Treated With Epirubicin Is Not Improved by the Addition of Either Cisplatin or Lonidamine: Final Results of a Phase III Study With a Factorial ...

An extra radiation dose after surgery cuts the return chance of breast cancer. Oct. 29, 2007— -- After battling breast cancer and being pronounced free of the illness, women are looking for ...

Question: I understand surgery is often included as part of the treatment plan for breast cancer. If I’m a candidate for lumpectomy but am also considering a mastectomy, what are some things I should ...

Larger breast size, diabetes, and smoking history may be factors of increased volume loss whether whole- or partial-breast radiation was administered. HealthDay News — Patients with T1 tumors ...

NEW YORK - As an addition to breast-conserving surgery, radiation treatment decreases the risk that breast cancer will recur and may improve survival, new research indicates. "Although radiotherapy is ...

Accelerated partial breast irradiation was designed to be a faster, more convenient, and potentially safer way for many women with breast cancer to reduce their mortality risk and help keep their ...

If you have HER2-positive breast cancer, your options for treatment will depend on several factors, such as the stage of cancer (early or metastatic) and the hormone receptor status of the tumor. HER2 ...

Triple-positive breast cancer involves tumors positive for estrogen, progesterone, and HER2 receptors, affecting treatment decisions and strategies. Diagnosis includes imaging and biopsy to confirm ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Doctors are less likely to give black women radiation therapy after surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer than white women, researchers said on Wednesday, adding to ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Friday that she remains cancer-free following her bout with breast cancer in 2021, but doctors recently removed a small calcification and that she'll ...