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Early-Onset Breast Cancer Rising in Younger Women, Study Finds

Today's Clinical Lab

Study reveals increasing breast cancer rates in US women under 40, with geographic and demographic differences suggesting environmental factors may play a role

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Estimates of Global Breast Cancer Mortality and Incidence Are on the Rise

Springer Nature

Future breast cancer incidence is projected to increase by 38 percent, and mortality by 68 percent, by 2050

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Breast Cancer Tops Most-Studied Diseases List for Fourth Year but Trial Attrition Rate Rises

Phesi

A third of Phase 2 clinical trials were terminated in 2024, a 50 percent increase from before the pandemic

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New NCCN Patient Resource Shares Latest Understanding of Genetic Testing to Guide Patient Decision Making

National Comprehensive Cancer Network

New resource from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network outlines how and why to access genetic counseling and testing for multiple hereditary cancers

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New Data to Be Presented at SABCS 2024 Investigates the Potential Role of the Breast Cancer Index® Test in Identifying Patients with Minimal Risk of Distant Recurrence

Hologic

Study assesses prognostic value of BCI testing and its potential in supporting de-escalation of primary adjuvant endocrine therapy

NASA astronaut Christina Koch working on MicroQuin's protein crystallization research on the ISS.

Space-Based 3D Cell Culture Research Paves the Way for New Cancer Therapies

ISS National Laboratory

ISS National Lab helps fuel the development of groundbreaking treatment for all types of cancer and beyond

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Study Finds Novel Role of BRCA1 in Tumor Suppression

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

The study helps explain why BRCA1 is such an important tumor suppressor in breast and ovarian cancers

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Fibrosis Identified as a Prognostic Indicator in the Most Common Breast Cancer, Paving the Way for Antifibrotic Drug Treatments

Spanish National Cancer Research Centre

For the first time, researchers have shown that the presence of fibrosis in HER2-negative breast tumors is associated with an adverse prognosis

Clinician examining a breast mammogram.

Is It Time for HER2-Low Breast Cancer?

Michael Schubert, PhD

Evaluating the evidence for, and against, distinguishing between HER2-low and HER2-zero breast cancers

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Many Breast Cancer Survivors Do Not Receive Genetic Testing, despite Being Eligible

Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Genetic testing results can inform cancer treatment, survivorship care and family members’ cancer risk