SUMMARY

OncologySTAT Editorial Team

For patients who survive breast cancer, current strategies for preventing a second primary breast cancer in the contralateral breast include adjuvant hormonal therapy and prophylactic contralateral mastectomy. A possible alternative approach is the use of bisphosphonates, which have shown promise in preventing primary breast cancer. Monsees et al, from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, report the first detailed population-based study to examine the association between bisphosphonate...