The U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a regulation in early March 2023 that updates mammography reporting requirements. The new regulation goes into effect on Sept. 10,… Read more
Category: breast cancer
Study of Immune ‘Neighborhoods’ Highlights Macrophages as Key Players in Invasive Breast Cancers
Most immunotherapies, which aim to boost T cell activity, work poorly in treating estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer. Targeting a different type of immune cell… Read more
Chief of UPMC Clinical Breast Division Stresses Importance of Regular Screenings
For more than four decades, October has been recognized as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. It is a time devoted to educating and creating awareness… Read more
Scheduling COVID-19 Vaccines and Screening Mammography
About 10% of participants in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s COVID-19 vaccine approval trials reported swelling in the lymph nodes under their arm after… Read more
Beating Breast Cancer at UPMC McKeesport
Felicia Scrivens, an executive assistant at UPMC Shadyside, was 37 years old and didn’t normally give herself breast self-exams. As a working mom of three… Read more