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Breast CancerBreast Implant Recall: What You Need to Know
Published on: July 29, 2024
A breast implant recall was issued by the FDA in 2019 for certain implants linked to a rare type of lymphoma. Find out more about the recalled implants.
Targeted Drug Trastuzumab Deruxtecan Slows Growth of Metastatic Breast Cancer
Published on: July 26, 2024
A study of the HER2-targeted therapy drug trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) shows it can stop metastatic breast cancer growth for longer than chemotherapy.
Personalized Treatment Leads to Less Nerve Damage for Black Women with Breast Cancer
Published on: June 13, 2024
For Black women with breast cancer, the chemotherapy drug docetaxel causes less nerve damage than the chemotherapy drug paclitaxel.
Five Ways to Help Reduce Your Breast Cancer Risk
Published on: June 28, 2023
Although there is no sure way to prevent breast cancer, there are several things you can do that may lower your likelihood of getting it.
Breast Cancer Symptoms: What You Need to Know
Published on: September 22, 2020
Finding breast cancer as early as possible gives you a better chance of successful treatment. An important way to keep up with your breast health is to be aware of how your breasts normally look and feel, and know what changes to look for.
If You’re Called Back After a Mammogram
Published on: September 22, 2020
Getting called back after a mammogram doesn’t always mean you have cancer. But it can be scary to wait and wonder if there’s something wrong. Learn what to expect if this happens to you.
FDA Approves Trodelvy (Sacituzumab govitecan-hziy) for Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Published on: April 29, 2020
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new type of therapy for triple-negative breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and hasn’t responded to other treatments.
Long-term Breast Cancer Survivor Reflects on Life After 50
Published on: March 16, 2020
Now that she’s in her 50s, Pam Matthews has more aches, pains, and other physical problems. She blames some of this on age, and some of it on long-term side effects from breast cancer treatment she received in her 30s.
