Alternative Medicine for Breast Cancer: Study Raises Concern

Published Date: 11 Mar 2026

Patients who receive both standard medical treatment and complementary and alternative therapies have higher mortality — possibly due to reduced use of endocrine therapy and radiation.

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Broader implementation would require substantial investment, but long-term dividends of liquid biopsy analysis in the region could affect diagnosis and care of much more than just this cancer.

A ‘target trial’ emulation study suggests that regular exercise can help breast cancer survivors live longer.

About one third of cancers detected by PSA screening at age 70, and more than half at age 80, are unlikely to become clinically meaningful within 15 years.

Counterintuitive findings hint that diets rich in fruit, vegetables, and whole grains may increase the risk of lung cancer in young nonsmokers, but experts are skeptical.

A phase 2 study investigates the combination of cladribine plus low-dose cytarabine and venetoclax alternating with azacitidine plus venetoclax for newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia.

Photopenia in high CT density renal lesions on [18F]FDG PET/CT scans shows a high negative predictive value for excluding malignancy.

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