Medscape (10/29, Hackethal, Subscription Publication) reports a study published in The BMJ “confirmed that different types of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are associated with an increased risk for breast cancer and has provided additional information on factors associated with that increased risk.” Yana Vinogradova, PhD, the study’s first author, said, “The study confirms increased risk of breast cancer in […]
Healio (10/7, Demko) reports researchers found after five years of follow-up, “almost half of patients with newly diagnosed BRCA-mutated advanced ovarian cancer were progression-free after receiving 2 years of maintenance olaparib.” The findings were presented at the ESMO Virtual Congress 2020 […]
NBC News (9/30, Stenson) reported researchers found in a large Swedish study that “the HPV vaccine substantially reduces a woman’s risk of developing cervical cancer, especially in women who were immunized at a younger age.” The findings (9/30, Lei) were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. MedPage Today (9/30, Bankhead) reported the researchers found in the study with […]