Sep 12, 2023
Study finds higher breast cancer risk after certain forms of childhood cancer treatment
In a new study, scientists from the Princess Máxima Center investigated the risk of breast cancer in women who were treated for childhood...
Oct 18, 2022
Invasive breast cancer rates decline over time among childhood cancer survivors
Invasive breast cancer rates declined modestly during the past 30 years among childhood cancer survivors, according to study results ...
Aug 18, 2021
Study Supports Early Breast Cancer Screening in Child Cancer Survivors Not Treated With Radiation
Early initiation of breast cancer screening may reduce breast cancer mortality for female survivors of childhood cancer who did not...
Aug 4, 2020
BMT survivor study finds significant breast cancer risk in young women who received total body irrad
A new study examining long-term outcomes of blood or marrow transplantation (BMT) found that patients who received total body irradiation...
Jul 10, 2020
Monitoring for breast cancer after childhood chest radiation: When and how?
Simulation finds starting at age 30 with MRI and mammography to be the preferred strategy; starting at 25 prevented marginally more...
Oct 30, 2019
Risk of malignancy ‘markedly’ increased after childhood cancer
Children who received radiation treatment are nearly 10 times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer as an adult, according to...
Jul 5, 2019
Higher Anthracycline Doses Linked to Breast Malignancy Risk in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Higher doses of anthracyclines are associated with increased risk of breast cancer in women who survived childhood cancer, regardless of...
Jun 14, 2019
Breast Cancer Screening Can Begin Later in Childhood Cancer Survivors
In female survivors of childhood cancers with a history of chest irradiation, initiation of breast cancer screening at age 30 years may...
Oct 29, 2018
Genetic profiling may inform breast cancer risk in young childhood cancer survivors
A combined evaluation of common variants with small effects and rare predisposing mutations among young female childhood cancer survivors...
Sep 25, 2018
Mortality risk after breast cancer greater among those who survived childhood cancers
Female childhood cancer survivors who developed breast cancer later in life appeared more than twice as likely to die of any cause than...