How Quickly Does HER2-Positive Breast Cancer Spread?
Faster than hormone receptor-positive breast cancer, the kind fueled by estrogen or progesterone, but not as fast as triple-negative, which sits at the more urgent end of things. The reason comes down to one protein. HER2 normally helps tell cells when to grow, and...
Debulking Surgery vs Chemotherapy First for Ovarian Cancer?
For advanced ovarian cancer, there’s no fixed rule about which comes first, surgery or chemo. It really comes down to how far the disease has spread and whether a patient can handle a major operation right out of the gate. Some women go straight into debulking...
What Are Antibody-Drug Conjugates in Cancer Treatment?
Biological missiles, that’s genuinely how oncologists describe them, and it’s not a bad way to picture it. Antibody-drug conjugates, ADCs, combine an antibody that specifically seeks out cancer cells with a powerful chemotherapy drug attached to it, so the...
What Is IORT for Breast Cancer?
IORT stands for intraoperative radiation therapy, and it’s exactly what it sounds like, a single, concentrated dose of radiation delivered directly to the tumor bed during a lumpectomy, right after the cancerous tissue comes out. Instead of the usual weeks of...