Clinical Roundup

Clinical Roundup

Some postmenopausal women with common breast cancer may forgo chemotherapy

Postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative breast cancer that has spread to a limited number of lymph nodes, and whose recurrence risk is relatively low, do not benefit from chemotherapy when it is added to hormone therapy, according to initial results from a clinical trial presented at the 2020 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
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Mindfulness meditation, survivorship classes reduce symptoms of depression in younger breast cancer survivors

University of California, Los Angeles-led research shows that behavioral interventions, mindfulness meditation and survivorship education classes, are effective in reducing depressive symptoms in younger breast cancer survivors, who often experience the highest levels of depression, stress and fatigue that can persist for as long as a decade after their diagnosis.