MRI screening for BRCA1 mutation carriers tied to lower breast cancer mortality
Women with the BRCA1 pathogenic variant are 80% less likely to die from breast cancer if they undergo MRI surveillance, according to an international team…
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Offer compression sleeves to prevent breast cancer–related arm lymphoedema: new guidance
Patients at risk of developing arm lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment should be offered prophylactic compression sleeves, according to world-first guidance. Axillary reverse mapping and…
‘A woman’s right to know’: Why radiologists now back widespread breast density reporting
In December last year, the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists joined calls for widespread breast density reporting to inform patients of their…
Radiology college backs mandatory breast density reporting
All women undergoing routine mammography should be notified of their breast density, the peak body for radiologists says. In a new position statement published in…
Women with false-positive mammogram face higher risk of later breast cancer
Women who receive a false-positive mammography result are 61% more likely to develop breast cancer over the next 20 years than women without a false…
COSA’s 50th ASM: Dr Belinda Yeo talks metastatic breast cancer, fertility and AI in oncology
On Wednesday, hundreds of Australian and overseas doctors will attend the opening of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia’s 50th Annual Scientific Meeting in Melbourne.…
Salpingo-oophorectomy after breast cancer surgery cuts mortality in decades-long study
Prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy at the time of breast cancer surgery in patients with the BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants cuts the long-term risk of death by…
Widespread breast density reporting ‘premature’, says cancer researcher
BreastScreen SA’s decision to notify women of their breast density after routine mammography is “premature” and not supported by “robust evidence”, says a leading cancer…
‘Progress in the right direction’: Second state adopts breast density reporting
Women undergoing routine mammography at all BreastScreen SA clinics will now be notified of their individual breast density. The updated policy, which came into effect…
‘We can’t keep withholding information’: Why this GP wants doctors to report breast density
Dr Sandy Minck is angry. At present, 38 states in the US mandate some level of breast density reporting by mammography services and radiologists to…
