Willingness of Women at Increased Risk of Breast Cancer to Participate in Prevention Trials.

Purpose: The factors affecting women's willingness to participate (WTP) in breast cancer (BC) prevention trials are poorly understood. This study aimed to identify the characteristics of interventions associated with a higher WTP among high BC risk women.

Methods: Women who self-identified as being at an increased risk of BC were recruited to a cross-sectional study of WTP in BC prevention trials.

Utility of Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy in Establishing Local Control for Patients With Invasive Breast Cancer Not Undergoing Definitive Surgery.

Purpose: Surgery is the backbone of breast cancer (BC) treatment. For patients who cannot undergo surgery, improving local control (LC) of the primary tumor is paramount. To that end, this study explored the role of stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT).

Safety and Efficacy of Tucatinib, Letrozole, and Palbociclib in Patients with Previously Treated HR+/HER2+ Breast Cancer.

Purpose: To overcome resistance to antihormonal and HER2-targeted agents mediated by cyclin D1-CDK4/6 complex, we proposed an oral combination of the HER2 inhibitor tucatinib, aromatase inhibitor letrozole, and CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib (TLP combination) for treatment of HR+/HER2+ metastatic breast cancer (MBC).

Patients And Methods: Phase Ib/II TLP trial (NCT03054363) enrolled patients with HR+/HER2+ MBC treated with ≥2 HER2-targeted agents. The phase Ib primary endpoint was safety of the regimen evaluated by NCI CTCAE version 4.

Case report: Metastatic metaplastic breast cancer with choriocarinomatous features: Targeting the choriocarcinoma component for cure.

Breast cancer with choriocarcinomatous features (BCCF) is a rare and aggressive breast cancer. BCCF carries a poor prognosis and there is unfortunately scant literature to guide treatment beyond surgical resection with most patients receiving standard regimens for breast cancer. In our case, we present a 42-year-old female with an initial hCG of 2,324 and two suspicious lesions of the right breast.

Two fully automated data-driven 3D whole-breast segmentation strategies in MRI for MR-based breast density using image registration and U-Net with a focus on reproducibility.

Presence of higher breast density (BD) and persistence over time are risk factors for breast cancer. A quantitatively accurate and highly reproducible BD measure that relies on precise and reproducible whole-breast segmentation is desirable. In this study, we aimed to develop a highly reproducible and accurate whole-breast segmentation algorithm for the generation of reproducible BD measures.