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Average size of breast tumors decreased following introduction of screening but is now increasing

The average size of breast cancers at diagnosis decreased dramatically in the 1980s and 1990s following the introduction of screening, according to research presented at the 11th European Breast Cance... read more

As Mammograms Became Widespread, Breast Tumor Size Shrank

For example, after the introduction of breast cancer screening in the early 1980s, the average breast tumor size fell 27 ... partial acceptance could account for the fact that tumor size is now increa... read more

Medicare Costs For Breast Cancer Screenings Soar, But Benefits Remain Unclear

Now they're fighting ... such as breast MRI for women with gene mutations and screening breast ultrasound for women with dense tissue. Technology, however, can be over-used in women at low or average ... read more

The Mystery of Breast Cancer’s Cause

By studying Japanese migrants to California, researchers found that the first generation had low risk ... So, maybe the introduction and increasing use of electricity to light the night accounts for a ... read more

Improvements in US Breast Cancer Survival and Proportion Explained by Tumor Size and Estrogen-Receptor Status

After 5 years after diagnosis (Fig 1B), breast cancer–specific death HRs compared with 1973 to 1979 decreased over time ... decreasing tumor size contributed to the improvements, suggesting an impact ... read more

Management of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer in Older Patients: How Is It Different?

While increasing age is generally associated with a decreasing incidence of triple-negative breast cancer, in one SEER study ... group with triple-negative breast cancer, after controlling for subtype ... read more

The problem with mandatory breast density reporting laws

The Connecticut woman was shocked in 2004, when her gynecologist found a lump — advanced cancer that had already spread to her lymph nodes — just months after ... routine screening begin before age 40 ... read more

Limitations in the Effect of Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality

The underlying assumption was that the effect of screening should result in a decrease in the ... As women age, a rapidly increasing proportion of breast cancer deaths occur in women who received a br... read more

New breath and urine tests detect early breast cancer more accurately

A new method for early and accurate breast cancer screening has been developed by researchers at ... researchers detected breast cancer with more than 95 percent average accuracy using an inexpensive ... read more

Fear of Cancer Recurrence: A Practical Guide for Clinicians

With increasing cancer survival ... FCR has been documented in patients with breast, colorectal, testicular, head and neck, lung, endometrial, and thyroid cancer; sarcoma; melanoma; and Hodgkin and no... read more

Overdiagnosis of breast cancer due to mammography

Screening ... average risk for breast cancer, screening with mammography doesn’t begin until age 50, and in some countries mammography is performed only once every two years, rather than every year. I... read more