NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Longer-term follow-up data from the MINDACT trial confirm the clinical utility of the 70-gene MammaPrint assay to help guide chemotherapy decisions in women with early breast cancer, but also suggests that age may be a…
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Tamoxifen has long been used in breast cancer, both in the adjuvant and preventive setting, but uptake and adherence are notoriously low, mainly because of adverse events. Using a much lower dose to reduce the incidence of side effects would…
Read MoreCancer Warning Labels on Alcohol: Calls for Congress to Act
At a time when Americans are drinking more alcohol than ever before, a group of health organizations is lobbying Congress for a new cancer-specific warning label to be displayed on all alcoholic beverages. The new wording would read: “WARNING: According…
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