Breast Cancer

Study shows twice as many locally advanced patients upstaged with PET-CT vs conventional staging

Korean study suggests need for individualized surveillance, optimized use of breast MRI

Survivors on aromatase inhibitors lost significantly less weight

Mortality risk has decreased substantially since the 1990s

It's not just dense breasts that matter, researchers say

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No PFS, OS benefit with first-line versus second-line CDK4/6 inhibition, more toxicity, cost

Many believe this would restrict women's options for surgery

Impressive 3-year invasive DFS seen with adaptive response strategy using FDG-PET

Addition of ribociclib to endocrine therapy boosts disease-free survival in high-risk disease

More research is key before the Task Force can offer evidence-based recommendations

High allostatic load linked to worse all-cause mortality in breast cancer

Activity of elacestrant in EMERALD trial "provides strong signal" for guideline update

Specifics for older women, Black women, and those with dense breasts are needed