Medically reviewed by Archana Sharma, DO Key Takeaways Even after surgery, triple-negative breast cancer has a high chance of ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A shorter radiation therapy regimen conferred similar outcomes as standard of care for women undergoing breast ...
Radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking anti-cancer drugs, a study shows. The study is published in the New England ...
The percentage of patients opting for breast reconstruction after mastectomy has leveled off in recent years, reports a study in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. "Our analysis ...
Jennifer Deming, 60, was diagnosed with stage II, hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer in 2020. She opted for a double mastectomy. Still, she worried about the cancer coming back. “I ...
A new study suggests that many women with early-stage breast cancer may not need radiation after a mastectomy, thanks to advances in modern cancer treatment. The international clinical trial followed ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Radiation oncologists can feel confident offering hypofractionated treatment regimens to treat breast cancer in patients who are planning breast reconstruction after mastectomy, ...
For well over 100,000 U.S. women who undergo a mastectomy annually, breast reconstruction is still widely considered the standard of care. 1 A growing chorus of survivors’ voices show that “going flat ...