Updated NCCN guidelines will reduce potentially unnecessary breast cancer treatments

How biology is reshaping breast cancer care

Breast cancer treatment has changed dramatically over the past decade. One of the most important advances has been our growing ability to understand the biology of each patient’s cancer and use those insights to guide treatment decisions more precisely. That shift is helping make personalized cancer care a reality.

36 months to live, 29 months to wait. Why is Congress withholding lifesaving benefits from breast cancer patients?

In this episode of The Cancer Letter Podcast, Fran Visco, president of the National Breast Cancer Coalition, and Jacquelyn Cobb, managing editor of The Cancer Letter, discuss the Metastatic Breast Cancer Act, bipartisan legislation that would eliminate the waiting periods for Social Security Disability Insurance and Medicare for eligible people with metastatic breast cancer.

September 23, 2026

Perspective

Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care
This is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.

Scientific advances have produced therapies that allow some people with metastatic breast cancer to live longer and better. We want that progress to continue, and we will continue to fight for the right research necessary to achieve it.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

By Frances M. Visco and Michelle Tregear

Cancer Policy

Cancer centers continue to face recurring drug shortages, NCCN survey finds

Every cancer center surveyed by by the National Comprehensive Cancer Network was experiencing a shortage of at least one anti-cancer agent.

AI may help identify breast cancers missed by mammograms, but clinical benefit remains uncertain, UCLA-led review finds

Artificial intelligence may help radiologists identify subtle signs of breast cancers that are missed during routine mammograms—and some AI systems may even identify patterns associated with an increased risk of cancer before it becomes visible on a mammogram—but there are still many significant limitations, according to a review led by investigators at the UCLA Health Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

Clinical Roundup

Personalized weight-loss care benefits breast cancer survivors, JHU-led study finds

A personalized approach to obesity treatment may help breast cancer survivors improve their long-term health by identifying early which patients need more than behavioral lifestyle intervention alone, according to a Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center-led clinical trial.

September 18, 2026

Vol.52 No.34

Updated NCCN guidelines will reduce potentially unnecessary breast cancer treatments

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Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care
This is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.

Cancer centers continue to face recurring drug shortages, NCCN survey finds

AI may help identify breast cancers missed by mammograms, but clinical benefit remains uncertain, UCLA-led review finds

Personalized weight-loss care benefits breast cancer survivors, JHU-led study finds

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Updated NCCN guidelines will reduce potentially unnecessary breast cancer treatments

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How biology is reshaping breast cancer care

36 months to live, 29 months to wait. Why is Congress withholding lifesaving benefits from breast cancer patients?

Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access careThis is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.

Cancer centers continue to face recurring drug shortages, NCCN survey finds

AI may help identify breast cancers missed by mammograms, but clinical benefit remains uncertain, UCLA-led review finds

Personalized weight-loss care benefits breast cancer survivors, JHU-led study finds

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Scientific progress can’t help people if they can’t access care
This is a policy problem. And it is one we can change.