More News from EBCC 2018
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NEWS: Chair of the European Breast Cancer Conference calls for men to be included in trials to find better treatments for breast cancer
Professor Robert Mansel, Chair of the 11th European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-11) and Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Cardiff University School of Medicine, UK, has called for men to be included in trials to improve tre... -
NEWS: Many women with early breast cancer have a very low risk of a locoregional recurrence five years after surgery
Women with small, low grade, well-defined breast tumours and a genetic profile that shows they are at low risk of the cancer metastasising have only a 1.4% risk of the cancer returning to the site of the original tumour or t... -
NEWS: Women with breast symptoms are at higher risk of cancer diagnosis in between regular screening visits
NEWS: Women who report symptoms such as lumps, nipple retraction or nipple discharge during their regular breast screening appointments, are at higher risk of developing breast cancer during the interval before their next vis...
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NEWS: Risk of a second breast cancer can be better quantified in women carrying a BRCA mutation
The risk of a second breast cancer in patients with high-risk BRCA gene mutations can be more precisely predicted by testing for several other genetic variants, each of which are known to have a small impact on breast cancer... -
NEWS: Women with DCIS at lowest risk of recurrence if they are post-menopausal or have oestrogen receptor positive cancer
Patients with an early form of breast cancer are less likely to suffer a recurrence if they are post-menopausal or if their tumour is oestrogen receptor positive, according to research presented at the 11th European Breast C... -
NEWS: Double mastectomy to prevent breast cancer reduces risk of dying from the disease in BRCA1 mutation carriers – but does not reduce further the already low risk in BRCA2 carriers
Healthy women who carry a breast cancer-causing mutation in the BRCA1 gene, not only reduce their risk of developing the disease but also their chances of dying from it if they have both breasts removed, according to new res... -
NEWS: Lymph node surgery could be avoided for women with aggressive types of breast cancer that respond well to upfront chemotherapy
Sentinel lymph node biopsies, where lymph nodes are surgically removed to check for signs of breast cancer spread, could be safely avoided for some women, according to research presented at the 11th European Breast Cancer Con...