revealed that those in active monitoring programs had comparable cancer progression rates to those who underwent surgery. Presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, the results suggest a ...

After two years, the rates of invasive cancer were low and did not differ significantly between the groups, with about 6% in ...

The research, published in JAMA, suggests that active monitoring could be a viable alternative to surgery and radiation for low-risk patients with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), known as stage zero ...

Research presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium suggests women with early-stage breast cancer could safely ...

Some physicians who were not involved in the research cautioned that the study period was too short to draw firm conclusions, The Wall Street Journal reported. Researchers acknowledged longer-term ...

Some early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, according to two studies exploring ways to lessen ...

The first study comparing surgery to active monitoring as treatment for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) finds women who carefully monitor the precancerous cells are no more likely to develop breast ...

Active monitoring for low-risk ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) did not lead to a higher rate of ipsilateral invasive cancer ...

Some women with the earliest stages of breast cancer could be carefully monitored, undergoing surgery and radiation only if ...

B reast cancer is not a single disease but multiple ones, each carrying varying degrees of risk for endangering women’s ...

Two studies suggest that early breast cancer patients can safely avoid specific surgeries, including lymph node removal, and ...