BREAST CANCER RESEARCH NEWS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW February 2021
How to Understand Breast Cancer Research Learn about the types of research studies we cover, key terms you’ll see in breast cancer research, and important concepts that can help you read a research paper and understand what the findings mean for
you.
Chemotherapy Doesn’t Seem to Increase Risk of COVID-19 Compared to people diagnosed with cancer who were not being treated with chemotherapy, people with cancer receiving chemotherapy didn’t have a higher risk for developing COVID-19, according to a small study done in New York City. Read
Oncotype DX Results Less Accurate in Black Women Diagnosed With Certain Early-Stage Breast Cancers Black women diagnosed with stage I to stage III estrogen-receptor-positive, axillary node-negative breast cancer were more likely to die from breast cancer than white women with similar diagnoses and Oncotype DX test scores. Read
New Tool Helps Predict Risk of Severe Chemotherapy Side Effects in Older People With Early-Stage Breast Cancer A tool called the Cancer and Aging Research Group-Breast Cancer score combines
eight factors to help predict whether older people diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer will have serious side effects from chemotherapy. Read
Metformin Seems to Lower Risk of Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer in Women With Type 2 Diabetes Women with type 2 diabetes taking metformin to control their blood sugar appear to have a lower risk of estrogen-receptor-positive breast cancer but may have a higher risk of triple-negative breast cancer, according to a study. Read
The Breastcancer.org
research news update is sponsored by Lilly Oncology.
