Breast Cancer
After experiencing multiple struggles during his own journey toward becoming a breast cancer survivor, Bret Miller, co-founder of the Male Breast Cancer Coalition, is sharing his experiences to raise awareness and ease the burden of other men with the disease.
Do you recognize the barriers to care that women of racial minorities face? There may be more than you realize.
An essential primer on this rare form of breast cancer and the implications for the Navigator.
E. L. Saavedra Ferrer, W. L. Hine, S. L. Arellano, P. Ortega de Corona, M. C. Cardenas, B. Vicuna Tellez
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among New Mexico Hispanic women, and Hispanic women are less likely to be diagnosed with early-stage cancer compared with Anglo women.
Early locoregional therapy (with surgery and radiation) does not improve overall survival in women with newly diagnosed stage IV breast cancer and an intact primary tumor compared with systemic therapy alone, according to results of the ECOG-ACRIN E2108 randomized phase 3 trial presented at the Plenary Session of the ASCO20 Virtual Scientific Program.
A review of the use of scalp cooling in breast cancer treatment, the variables impacting success, and how the navigators can promote informed decision-making.
Ongoing research and new treatments are giving renewed hope to patients with a triple-negative breast cancer diagnosis.
The combination of the checkpoint
inhibitor durvalumab, the PARP
inhibitor olaparib, and the taxane
paclitaxel as neoadjuvant therapy improved
pathological complete response
(pCR) compared with physician’s choice
of chemotherapy in high-risk HER2-negative
stage II or III breast cancer.
Distress comes in many forms. Click here for strategies to identify and manage distress for your patients.
Nurse Navigator Debra Kelly describes her team’s experience in determining content and designing a guide to educate patients and improve their experience.
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