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What Happens When Breast Cancer Metastasizes to the Brain?

CU Cancer Center member Ryan Ormond, MD, PhD, explains diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer that spreads to the brain.
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Carly Simon Honors Sisters Who Died of Cancer Just One Day Apart [VIDEO]

Folk legend Carly Simon mourns her sisters Joanna and Lucy, both singers, who died in October of thyroid and breast cancer.
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National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

An annual campaign to increase awareness of the disease.

Inflammatory Breast Cancer Linked With Higher Risk of Cancer Spread to the Brain

Study results support the need for research into the value of monitoring these breast cancer patients with brain imaging tests.

Medicaid Expansion Led to Decreases in Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates

Cancer mortality was about 3.5% lower in states that expanded Medicaid.

Pre-Surgery Hormone Therapy May Work Differently for Black and White Women with Breast Cancer

Black women were more likely to benefit than white women if treated at an earlier disease stage but less likely at a later stage.

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Treatment-experienced people who received the antibody-drug conjugate lived three months longer than those who got more chemotherapy.

Inspired by Her Message of Hope Amid Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Breast Cancer Cells Spread During Sleep

The researchers then studied 30 women hospitalized with breast cancer, collecting blood samples at 4 a.m. and again at 10 a.m.
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R.I.P. Olivia Newton-John, Beloved Musical Icon Who Had Breast Cancer

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Enhertu Works for HER2-Low Metastatic Breast Cancer Too

The antibody-drug conjugate improved progression-free and overall survival for patients with low HER2 expression on breast tumors.

Breast Cancer Cells Are More Likely to Spread During Sleep

Researchers discovered that breast cancer tumors “wake up when patients are sleeping.”
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