OB/GYN & Women's HealthTriple-negative breast cancerNon-small cell lung cancer
Retire 'Negative' Cancer Names Like Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Oncology Experts Urge
By MedXY|Oct 4, 2026
A Sept 22, 2026 Annals of Oncology editorial from Stanford and University of South Carolina authors urges retiring 'negative' oncology names such as triple-negative breast cancer and non-small cell lung cancer in favour of molecularly defined entities, proposing hybrid transitional labels and biology-driven pathology reporting.