Breast Cancer Trial Results
Some Women May Not Need More Extensive Lymph Node Surgery for Breast Cancer
(Posted: 03/31/2011) - Results from a randomized clinical trial published February 9, 2011, in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrate that axillary lymph node dissection provided no additional survival benefit when compared with sentinel lymph node biopsy in women with small breast tumors and minimal lymph node metastasis who were treated with lumpectomy, whole-breast radiotherapy, and adjuvant systemic therapy.
When Combined with Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab Is Associated with Increased Risk of Death
(Posted: 03/30/2011) - Cancer patients who receive the targeted therapy bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with chemotherapy are at increased risk of serious side effects that may lead to death, according to a meta-analysis of 16 clinical trials that was published February 2, 2011, in JAMA.
Anastrozole Reduces Recurrence in Early Breast Cancer: 10-Year Results of the ATAC Trial
(Updated: 12/30/2010) - Anastrozole (Arimidex®) is better than tamoxifen (Nolvadex®) at preventing a recurrence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women with early-stage hormone receptor-positive tumors, according to a report published in Lancet Oncology on November 17, 2010.
Lasofoxifene Is Potential New Option for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
(Posted: 12/07/2010) - An investigational agent in the same family of drugs as tamoxifen and raloxifene may be as or more effective in reducing breast cancer risk in some women. The drug, lasofoxifene, also appears to have important benefits for both bone and heart health and, with one exception, appears to lack the rare but potentially serious side effects associated with tamoxifen and raloxifene, according to results published November 4, 2010, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Less-Invasive Lymph Node Surgery Safe for Women with Breast Cancer
(Posted: 11/04/2010) - Breast cancer patients who had sentinel lymph node biopsy followed by axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) only if cancer cells were detected in the sentinel nodes had the same overall survival as those who underwent ALND regardless of sentinel node status, according to a randomized trial published online September 20, 2010, in Lancet Oncology.
(Posted: 03/31/2011) - Results from a randomized clinical trial published February 9, 2011, in the Journal of the American Medical Association demonstrate that axillary lymph node dissection provided no additional survival benefit when compared with sentinel lymph node biopsy in women with small breast tumors and minimal lymph node metastasis who were treated with lumpectomy, whole-breast radiotherapy, and adjuvant systemic therapy.
When Combined with Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab Is Associated with Increased Risk of Death
(Posted: 03/30/2011) - Cancer patients who receive the targeted therapy bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with chemotherapy are at increased risk of serious side effects that may lead to death, according to a meta-analysis of 16 clinical trials that was published February 2, 2011, in JAMA.
Anastrozole Reduces Recurrence in Early Breast Cancer: 10-Year Results of the ATAC Trial
(Updated: 12/30/2010) - Anastrozole (Arimidex®) is better than tamoxifen (Nolvadex®) at preventing a recurrence of breast cancer in postmenopausal women with early-stage hormone receptor-positive tumors, according to a report published in Lancet Oncology on November 17, 2010.
Lasofoxifene Is Potential New Option for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction
(Posted: 12/07/2010) - An investigational agent in the same family of drugs as tamoxifen and raloxifene may be as or more effective in reducing breast cancer risk in some women. The drug, lasofoxifene, also appears to have important benefits for both bone and heart health and, with one exception, appears to lack the rare but potentially serious side effects associated with tamoxifen and raloxifene, according to results published November 4, 2010, in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Less-Invasive Lymph Node Surgery Safe for Women with Breast Cancer
(Posted: 11/04/2010) - Breast cancer patients who had sentinel lymph node biopsy followed by axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) only if cancer cells were detected in the sentinel nodes had the same overall survival as those who underwent ALND regardless of sentinel node status, according to a randomized trial published online September 20, 2010, in Lancet Oncology.
