Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries, studies suggest

New Duke study could mean fewer with early-stage breast cancer would face surgery, radiation

The research, published in JAMA, suggests that active monitoring could be a viable alternative to surgery and radiation for low-risk patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), known as stage zero breast cancer.

No Apparent Harm From Omitting Lymph Node Dissection in Selected Breast Cancers

SAN ANTONIO — Patients with early breast cancer who skipped axillary lymph node dissection (ALND) lived just as long as those who underwent sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB), the randomized INSEMA trial showed. The estimated 5-year invasive disease-free survival (IDFS) rate was 91.9% in patients who omitted ALND and 91.7% for those who had SLNB. […]

Some breast cancer patients can avoid certain surgeries – studies

Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen treatment burdens. One new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, examines whether removing lymph nodes is always necessary in early breast cancer. Another in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests a new approach to a type of breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS. The resear…

New breast cancer treatment emerges, no surgery required

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Some women with the earliest stages of breast cancer could be carefully monitored, undergoing surgery and radiation only if the disease advances, new data suggested. Read full story

Ex-Manchester City player fought off breast cancer - now she's a doctor

Jen Beattie has been hailed as a 'leader and tremendous fighter' both on and off the pitch