Radiation before mastectomy cuts time delays for reconstructive surgery in breast cancer patients

Researchers at MD Anderson Cancer Center showed that altering the sequence of breast cancer treatment to administer radiation before mastectomy allowed for concurrent breast reconstruction surgery, which reduced the number of operations required, minimized treatment delays, and improved patient satisfaction.

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Guest Editorial

Cedars-Sinai Cancer’s model of care ensured patient care amid wildfires

Over the past five years, Cedars-Sinai Cancer has built an integrated, regional system designed to provide cancer care close to where patients live and work. This model of care, directed by an academic medical center to patients at the community level, proved to be the best possible approach to supporting patients in our 11-million-person catchment area during the worst fire disaster in California history.

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Vol.51 No.02

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Clinical Roundup

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In patients with high-risk HER2-positive breast cancer, post-surgery, or adjuvant, treatment with trastuzumab emtansine, also referred to as T-DM1) reduced the long-term risk of death or invasive disease by 46% and improved survival compared to trastuzumab alone, according to the final results of the phase III KATHERINE clinical trial led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center.

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Clinical Roundup

AI improves breast cancer diagnosis

Artificial Intelligence can improve breast cancer detection and reduce workload on physicians, according to a new study featuring over 461,000 women. The research published in the journal Nature Medicine looked at integrating an AI tool as part of a national screening program for women without symptoms of breast cancer in Germany.

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Clinical Roundup

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Two new studies led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible way to block the progression of several forms of blood cancer using a drug already in clinical trials against breast cancer.

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Breast cancer-causing gene predisposes Black women to TNBC

UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher Sanchita Bhatnagar and her team have been working to get to the bottom of the genetic determinants of the racial disparity in triple-negative breast cancer.

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White House

Fran Visco awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal: “We are not going to change what we do or how we do it.”

Credit for photos: White HouseIn 1992, 44-year old Philly trial lawyer and breast cancer survivor, Fran Visco, took the stand before the Senate Labor, HHS, Education Appropriations Subcommittee, asserting a tone and stance previously unfamiliar in the world of cancer groups asking for funding before Congress.

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Vol.51 No.01

By Claire Marie Porter