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‘Liquid biopsies’ alert advanced breast cancer patients when new drugs are needed
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 11, 2025 Source: Liquid biopsies’ alert advanced breast cancer patients when new drugs are needed Reference:First-Line Camizestrant for Emerging ESR1-Mutated Advanced Breast Cancer
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Some Early Forms of Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma in Situ (DCIS) Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment, Study Says
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 13, 2024 Source:Some Early Forms of Breast Cancer May Not Need Treatment, Study Says Reference:Active Monitoring With or Without Endocrine Therapy for Low-Risk Ductal Carcinoma In Situ
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One hospital’s push to bring genetic cancer testing to more Black women
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 1, 2024 Source:One hospital’s push to bring genetic cancer testing to more Black women
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Flaxseeds’ effect on the gut microbiome may help lower breast cancer risk… in mice.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for December 19, 2023 Source:Flaxseeds’ effect on the gut microbiome may help lower breast cancer risk Reference:Cecal microbiota and mammary gland microRNA signatures are related and modifiable by dietary flaxseed with implications for breast cancer risk
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Sunday House Call, #896, October 8, 2023: Nursing a Grudge
A primary care practice is sent to open up in Ottawa and plans to have several nurse practitioners on staff to provide additional support and care. The practice is planning to charge an annual $400 per year fee to cover the cost of the nurse practitioners services. These services are not covered under the Ontario…
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Risk of dying of breast cancer within 5 years has dropped from 15 per cent in the 1990s to five per cent: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for June 15, 2023 Source:Risk of dying of breast cancer within 5 years has dropped from 15 per cent in the 1990s to five per cent: study Reference:Breast cancer mortality in 500 000 women with early invasive breast cancer in England, 1993-2015: population based observational cohort study
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For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for March 29, 2023 Source:For the first time in years, researchers have identified a new susceptibility gene for breast cancer: study Reference:Variants in ATRIP are associated with breast cancer susceptibility in the Polish population and UK Biobank
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AI system developed to assist oncologists by predicting the effectiveness of breast cancer chemotherapy. This is just the beginning of AI forays into medicine.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 8, 2023 Source:AI can predict the effectiveness of breast cancer chemotherapy Reference:Cancer-Net BCa: Breast Cancer Pathologic Complete Response Prediction using Volumetric Deep Radiomic Features from Synthetic Correlated Diffusion Imaging
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Media reports study findings of milk consumption/breast cancer risk using relative risk figure of 50% increase with one cup/day instead of 1.6% absolute risk increase. Study cannot show causality either.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 28, 2020 Source:One cup of milk per day associated with up to 50 per cent increase in breast cancer risk: study Reference:Dairy, soy, and risk of breast cancer: those confounded milks