Health News and Information - News Medical - Breast Cancer - Jul 16, 2018 Edition

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July 16, 2018     Breast Cancer     The latest breast cancer news from News Medical

Higher BMI at younger age linked to reduced premenopausal breast cancer risk   Having a higher body mass index at a younger age is associated with a decreased risk of developing breast cancer before the menopause, major new research funded by Breast Cancer Now and other collaborators has found.

New analysis links higher BMI to lower breast cancer risk for younger women   While obesity has been shown to increase breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women, a large-scale study co-led by a University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center researcher found the opposite is true for premenopausal women: higher body fat was linked to lower breast cancer risk.         Obese premenopausal women have decreased chance of developing breast cancer   Young women with high body fat have a decreased chance of developing breast cancer before menopause, according to scientists at the National Institutes of Health and their collaborators.

Women with higher vitamin D blood levels have lower risk for breast cancer   Results from a new study published today in PLOS ONE shows women who have higher vitamin D blood levels have a significantly lower risk for breast cancer.       Clinical trial results of tucatinib with T-DM1 shows promise in treating HER2+ breast cancer   Phase 1b clinical trial results published in JAMA Oncology show promise for the combination of tucatinib with T-DM1 against heavily pretreated HER2-positive breast cancer.       Managing multiple ipsilateral breast cancer with potential new surgical options   A new multi-institutional clinical trial compared outcomes of women with multiple ipsilateral breast cancer, or more than one site of disease in the same breast, who underwent breast-conserving surgery, with outcomes of those who converted to mastectomy.       Study finds wide variations in follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer   Follow-up imaging for women with non-metastatic breast cancer varies widely across the country, according to a new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco.       Specific type of satellite RNA induces breast cancer, shows study   Only some of us have satellite TV in our homes, but all of us have satellite DNA in cells in our bodies. Working copies of satellite DNA are high in certain types of cancer, such as breast and ovarian.       Study explores impact of surgeons on genetic testing in breast cancer patients   For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important information that might guide treatment choices. But studies have shown that only about half of women who could benefit receive genetic testing.

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