Daily Archives: December 13, 2019

Paclitaxel Now a Pill, but Needs 9 Hours of Fasting to Take

Among women with metastatic breast cancer, use of an investigational oral form of paclitaxel yielded a higher overall response rate than the IV form, but administration was unique and time-consuming. Medscape Medical News …read more

‘Remarkable’ New Data on Menopausal Hormone Therapy

Estrogen alone and estrogen/progestin have opposite effects on breast cancer risk; adding progestin may lead to a lifetime of increased risk. Medscape Medical News …read more

ImmunoRx in TNBC: Conflicting Results

Two separate studies reach very different endpoints with addition of immunotherapy in triple-negative breast cancer. Researchers are now asking why. Medscape Medical News …read more

How diet may lead to insomnia

A new study of females aged 50 and over suggests that those who include more refined carbohydrates in their diet have an increased risk of insomnia. …read more