Breast Cancer
Conference Coverage
Guidelines for assessing cancer risk may need updating
Whole-exome sequencing reveals cancer risk mutations in patients that would not have qualified for testing based on current guidelines.
Clinical Review
Evaluating patients with breast concerns: Lump, pain, and mastitis
Discerning which breast conditions are benign from those that need referral to a breast specialist can be daunting. The initial assessment of the...
From the Journals
Breast cancer screening advice ‘dangerous’ for black women
The current “one-size-fits-all” policy to screen the entire female population from a certain age may be “neither fair and equitable nor optimal...
Conference Coverage
Circulating DNA has promise for cancer detection, but faces challenges
Unnecessary procedures and health care challenges could leave Whites as the primary beneficiaries.
Latest News
Insurers refusing MRI for women at high risk for breast cancer
Compared with 2020, there were significantly more denials, and denials on appeal, in 2021. The addition of MRI to mammography is a standard...
From the Journals
Outpatient costs top drug costs in some insured, working women with breast cancer
‘Women think they are insured until they get a diagnosis,’ says the author of a new paper.
Latest News
‘Startling’ cost barriers after abnormal screening mammogram
Women with higher cost-sharing undergo fewer subsequent breast diagnostic tests after an abnormal screening mammogram, compared with peers with...
Conference Coverage
Breast conservation safe even with multiple-site tumors
“This is an important study confirming that breast conservation is feasible and safe for women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancers, with...
Latest News
Few women identify breast density as a breast cancer risk
FDA requires that women be notified in writing when mammograms identify dense tissue.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA strengthens mammography regulations: Final rule
A final rule requires that mammography facilities notify patients about the density of their breasts.
Latest News
Black women have higher state-level rates of TNBC
The state-level disparities highlight gaps in physicians’ understanding of how social factors contribute to disparities in TNBC risk.