NCCN guidelines recommend radiation therapy for early-stage breast cancer, but social factors can limit patient adherence.
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Learn how nurses can help patients understand what AR expression means for their disease and potential treatment options.
Learn what nurses should know about emerging research that challenges long-standing treatment norms.
A team of researchers from China explored psychologic factors that play a role in the mastectomy decision-making process.
Researchers explored factors that affect decision regret, such as clinical characteristics and decision-making experiences.
The researchers investigated the likelihood of timely surgery for patients with breast cancer among diverse Asian subgroups.
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Proactive symptom management and patient education are essential, as treatment completion remains a challenge.
New research suggests that screening guidelines should be refined to account for asymptomatic brain metastases.
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Expressive writing may be a feasible and acceptable psychosocial treatment for rural survivors of breast cancer.
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