St.Gallen International Breast Cancer Conference

Patients with breast cancer had a lower risk of developing dementia than patients without breast cancer, a study found.

A team of investigators sought to analyze the long-term outcome of women who have been diagnosed with estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer and who decline or are considered unfit for surgery.

Researchers conducted a prospective study to assess outcomes in women with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery plus radiotherapy, mastectomy without radiotherapy, or mastectomy with radiotherapy.

A team of investigators who conducted a study to assess the efficacy of fulvestrant in women with hormone refractory metastatic breast cancer presented their findings at the 17th St. Gallen International Breast Cancer Symposium.