BREAST CANCER RESEARCH NEWS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW January 2021
For Certain Metastatic Breast Cancers, Adding Surgery to Standard Treatments Is Linked to Better Survival In a study looking at whether surgery along with systemic treatments or in combination with radiation therapy could improve survival, researchers took into account the HER2 status of the breast cancer and whether the timing of chemotherapy — either before or after surgery — affected survival.
Hear From a COVID-19 Vaccine Lead Investigator What do people need to know to continue to protect themselves and others after getting the vaccine? Can people with cancer be vaccinated? What’s the difference between the two vaccine options? Dr. Hana El Sahly answers these questions and others. Listen
Diet to Reduce Diabetes Risk Means Better Survival After Early-Stage Breast Cancer Women diagnosed with stage I to stage III breast cancer who more closely followed a diet designed to reduce the risk of diabetes had better survival than women who didn’t follow the diet as strictly, according to a Harvard study. Read
Pregnancy Is Safe After a Breast Cancer Diagnosis Fertility after breast cancer treatment is an important issue for many younger patients. Although they are less likely than the average woman to get pregnant and have a higher risk of certain complications, research shows that most of these women deliver healthy babies. ReadorListen
Most Women Satisfied With Choice to Go Flat After Mastectomy, but Choice Not Supported by Many Surgeons Nearly 75% of women surveyed who opted for no breast reconstruction after mastectomy were satisfied with the results, but almost 25%
said their decision to go flat was not supported by their surgeons, according to a study. Read
The Breastcancer.org
research news update is sponsored by Lilly Oncology.
