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Breast cancer screening remains a persistent area of variation in clinical practice. Updated guidance from the American College of Physicians aims to clarify when screening offers meaningful benefit for average‑risk patients — and when it may not.

Supplemental MRI for women with extremely dense breasts and higher-than-average risk “could be cost-effective if MRI costs and false-positive biopsy rates are reduced.” — Tosteson et al., Annals of Internal Medicine

“Basically women were told: ‘You’re lucky to be alive. Some pain is expected. Suck it up and deal with it.'” — Dr. Sean Mackey, Stanford University Pain Medicine

Disease recurrence in HR+/HER2– early BC (EBC) can occur over decades; however, the hazard of recurrence is highest during the first 2 years of adjuvant endocrine therapy, a period associated with endocrine resistance and early metastatic progression.

The primary end point was the area under the curve (AUC) of the daily worst bone pain score (assessed using the “worst pain” question from the Brief Pain Inventory, a 0 to 10 numerical rating scale [NRS]) for 5 consecutive days in the first chemotherapy cycle.

“Given that studies project cases will increase by 38-54% and deaths by 68-71% by 2050, prevention through lifestyle modification becomes critically important.” – Amy Bremner, MD