Breast, ovary removal might extend lives of women with breast cancer genes
New research shows that young breast cancer patients with high-risk genes may be able to prevent their cancer from returning ...
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Risk-Reducing Surgery May Benefit BRCA Carriers With Early-Onset Breast Cancer
Among more than 5,000 patients followed for a median of roughly 8 years, bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) was ...
Cancer therapy shows long-term survival benefits for patients with high-risk, BRCA-positive breast cancer in trial
Patients with high-risk, BRCA-positive breast cancer who received olaparib (Lynparza) after standard treatment continued to ...
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Olaparib Continues to Protect Patients From High-Risk Cancer Recurrences
The benefit of the PARP inhibitor in patients with germline BRCA pathogenic variants remains evident 10 years after the first ...
AstraZeneca-Merck Partnered Lynparza Shows Long-Term Survival With Reduced Death Risk Of 28% In Breast Cancer Patients
AstraZeneca and Merck report Lynparza's significant survival benefits in high-risk breast cancer and Keytruda combo results ...
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Olaparib provides survival benefits for high-risk BRCA-positive breast cancer patients
Patients with high-risk, BRCA-positive breast cancer who received olaparib (Lynparza) after standard treatment continued to have better survival outcomes than those who received placebo after a median ...
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6-Year Data Sustain Adjuvant Olaparib Benefit in BRCA1/2+, HER2- Breast Cancer
Adjuvant olaparib continued to show a strong efficacy benefit in patients with BRCA1/2 mutation–positive, HER2-negative ...
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Merck gets rare win with Keytruda-Lynparza combo but role of Keytruda in ovarian cancer 'remains uncertain'
Merck hasn’t had much luck pairing cancer superstar Keytruda with PARP inhibitor Lynparza. | Merck hasn’t had much luck ...
BRCA-mutation carriers with history of early-onset breast cancer may benefit from risk-reducing surgery
Patients with germline BRCA mutations who were diagnosed with breast cancer at or before age 40 and who underwent a bilateral ...
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BRCA-mutation carriers with a history of early-onset breast cancer may benefit from risk-reducing surgery
Patients with germline BRCA mutations who were diagnosed with breast cancer at or before age 40 and who underwent a bilateral risk-reducing mastectomy (RRM) and/or a risk-reducing ...