The 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference in Chicago brought together more than 40,000 people engaged in all aspects of cancer research, care, and advocacy.
Radiation therapy (radiotherapy) is a treatment that uses high-energy radiation to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors.
If you’ve been told you have breast cancer, it’s important to ask your doctor and other healthcare providers questions so you thoroughly understand your diagnosis, treatment plan options, and what you can expect throughout treatment and recovery.
A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is coming closer to delivering on the promise of personalized breast cancer therapy with a strategy to predict the most likely response of a cancer to a specific less toxic treatment regimen.
Women should start getting regular mammograms at the age of 40, according to a new recommendation being drafted by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Cancer therapies associated with cardiotoxicity risk including anthracyclines and HER2-targeted agents remain important cornerstones of curative and life-prolonging breast cancer treatment.
Metastatic breast cancer has no cure and has proven stubbornly resistant to one of the most innovative and promising new cancer treatments: immunotherapy.
The FDA has approved Orserdu, a new oral medicine to treat metastatic, estrogen receptor-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with an ESR1 mutation.
Breast cancer in men is a rare condition that affects men of all ages, though it is most commonly diagnosed in men over the age of 60.
Abnormal cells aren’t cancerous, but they may increase your risk of developing cancer....If abnormal cells move beyond the layer of tissue where they originated, the cells become invasive.