Improving Breast Cancer Outcomes Through Neoadjuvant Therapy
Insights from the Society of Surgical Oncology and the American Society of Breast Surgeons….
Oncology News
Dr. Alan Stolier, MD, FACS, clinical breast oncologist, shares his expert medical perspective with a series of educational and scientific articles.
Is There a Bitter Truth, About Artificial Sweeteners and the Risk of Breast Cancer
The authors concluded that their study supported genetic risk evaluation, enhanced screening and lifestyle changes in women at high risk of second breast cancers as determine in this study….
The Double Take: Does Age, Parity, Ethnicity, or Race Matter in the Risk of a Second Breast Cancer
The authors concluded that their study supported genetic risk evaluation, enhanced screening and lifestyle changes in women at high risk of second breast cancers as determine in this study….
Managing Positive Nipple Margins in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Dr. Alan Stolier, MD, FACS, clinical breast oncologist, discusses managing positive nipple margins in Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy…
The Breast Of Intentions: Analyzing The USPSTF’s Mammography Shift
Dr. Alan Stolier, MD, FACS, clinical breast oncologist, discusses and analyzes the USPSTF’s Mammography Shift….
Beyond The Scalpel: Does Preoperative MRI Lower Re-Excision Rates?
The authors suggest that preop MRI is not associated with margin status; rather, patient age and tumor size are the associated factors…
Falling Stars: The Patchwork Quilt Of The Falling Death Rates From Breast Cancer In The USA
Prior studies have shown that breast cancer incidence has increased from 1999 to 2018. These authors from the Division of Cancer Prevention and Control decided to look at the mortality from breast cancer during this era from 1999 to 2018….
Epigenetic Harmony: Unraveling The Secrets Of DNA Methylation
Epigenetics is the study of stable changes in cell function that do not involve alterations in the sequence of DNA (genetic code). Therefore, the DNA genetic code remains the same but there is a change in the function of the cell that does not involve mutations or a change in the code. Epigenetics has begun to take on increasing clinical importance in the last decade….
Fertility Preservation And The Risk Of Breast Cancer Recurrence
Few of us have not seen women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who have undergone fertility treatment in the past and wondered whether it affected the likelihood of a breast cancer diagnosis….
The Lymphedema Chronicles: Subclinical Lymphedema After Treatment For Breast Cancer
Sentinel lymph node biopsy has had a major impact in reducing the number of patients requiring axillary lymph node dissection….