Breast Cancer Perspective

• Top News From ESMO 2018: Slideshow Practice changing data on prostate cancer, new hope in triple negative breast cancer and the potential for chemo-free head and neck cancer therapy featured prominently this year.
  Medscape News Slideshows, November 2018
• US-CNB Superior for Axillary Staging in Breast Cancer Dr Lowenfels reviews a study that compares diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration and ultrasound-guided core-needle biopsy for axillary staging in breast cancer.
  Medscape General Surgery, November 2018
• Kathy Miller on IMpassion130: New Standard? Not Yet   New standard of care? Not so fast, says Kathy Miller.
  Medscape Oncology, November 2018
• Mediterranean Diet's Benefits May Extend to Multiple Diseases Dr William F. Balistreri on the latest evidence showing how we can eat our way toward improved health.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 2018
• ESMO 2018: 'Tremendous Advances' in Breast Cancer Treatment   ESMO 2018 may have had 'some of the most exciting data we have seen in breast cancer in some time.' Drs Rugo, Cardoso, and Curigliano discuss Impassion130, SOLAR-1, and PALOMA-3.
  Medscape Oncology, November 2018
• Hard Lessons From Year 1 of Oncology Fellowship Loss of autonomy. Practicing in areas of medicine without good evidence. Providing end-of-life care. Oncology fellowship comes with its own unique set of tough lessons.
  Medscape Oncology, November 2018
• Going the Distance With Metastatic Breast Cancer: Personal Best   Increased options for therapy, including CDK4/6 inhibitors, allow for greater individualization of therapy for women with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer.
  Medscape TV, November 2018
• Weight Loss and Breast Cancer Risk After Menopause   Good news for women: Even modest weight loss can reduce risk for postmenopausal breast cancer.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, October 2018
• Malpractice Case: The One Key Factor Missing From Follow-up An abnormal test result sets in motion a number of follow-up actions, but there is one crucial element that must be constant.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, October 2018
• Oncologists' Off-Label Prescribing Pits Access Against Reimbursement Off-label prescribing in oncology is undergoing a change: Payers are more restrictive in their reimbursement for off-label uses, while oncologists are keen to provide access to new immunotherapies.
  Medscape Oncology, October 2018
• 'No Excuse' for Undisclosed COI, but Perhaps a Simple Solution   Kathy Miller offers a simple solution to a complex problem.
  Medscape Oncology, October 2018
• 5 Tough New Ethical Dilemmas for Doctors Some ethical dilemmas that physicians deal with in their practice have been around for many years, but new ones have arisen, revolving around technology and business practices.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 2018
• Does CPM Reduce Breast Cancer Survivors' Anxiety? Dr Lidia Schapira discusses a unique study that prospectively analyzed worry, distress, and quality of life in a group of women who underwent contralateral prophylactic mastectomy.
  Medscape Oncology, September 2018
• Medscape Physicians' Choice: Top Hospitals for Cancer Treatment Medscape surveyed more than 11,000 physicians to get their opinions on which hospitals they'd send family members to in order to have serious and complex cancer cases treated.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 2018
• MONALEESA-3 Expands Endocrine Tx for Advanced Breast Cancer The MONALEESA-3 trial marks an important step forward for endocrine therapies for advanced breast cancer, argues Lidia Schapira.
  Medscape Oncology, September 2018
• Diagnosing Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Can We Get on the Same Page?   'I know it when I see it' is just not good enough, says Dr Kathy Miller.
  Medscape Oncology, September 2018
• Seeking High-Quality Cancer Care for Everyone   Outside of clinical trials, we still see large disparities in survival from common cancers among black and white patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, September 2018
• Infographic: Failure to Disclose COI a Systemic Problem A recent investigation found that a major breast cancer researcher failed to disclose millions in payments from the pharmaceutical industry. Many oncologists are guilty of the same disregard.
  Medscape Oncology, September 2018
• How Close Is Too Close? Treating Loved Ones With Cancer When it comes to treating loved ones, close friends, and even colleagues for a potentially life-threatening cancer, can the emotional pitfalls be avoided and objective clarity be maintained?
  Medscape Oncology, September 2018
• Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Care: 5 Things to Know From detecting cancer to recommending treatments, artificial intelligence is poised to improve cancer care in myriad ways.
  Medscape Oncology, September 2018