A new study finds that nearly one in four African American women with late stage breast cancer refused chemotherapy and radiation therapy, potentially life saving therapies. Published…

The average age of a woman diagnosed with breast cancer is 63, so it is critical to have effective proven, therapies for an older patient population. But…

Older breast cancer patients who got Roche AG’s drug Xeloda all by itself were almost twice as likely to relapse and die than women who got standard chemotherapy,…

Researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) have launched a clinical trial that targets a new treatment combination for the most common type of non-invasive…

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered how a gene crucial in triggering the spread of breast cancer is turned on and off. The…

Reporting online in the American Journal of Pathology, researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have implicated the loss of a stromal protein called caveolin-1 as…

New research led by investigators at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) identifies three genes that specifically mediate the metastasis, or spread, of breast cancer…

In the U.S., more than 180,000 women are diagnosed with invasive breast cancer each year. Many of these women will undergo mastectomy surgery that…

Women who take part in a quick counseling session on breast self-examination (BSE), reinforced with a couple of follow-up calls, are more likely to perform the exams regularly, new research in…

A unique mother-daughter study that used magnetic resonance to measure breast density in younger women shows that percent of breast water could be linked to the…

Researchers at the UC San Diego School of Medicine and the Moores UCSD Cancer Center have new evidence that a type of immune system cell thought to…

Walnut consumption may provide the body with essential omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and phytosterols that reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to a study presented at the American Association for…

The first study to monitor physical activity in breast cancer patients for five years suggests that patients with greater depressive symptoms and a lower emotional quality of life…

Eating walnuts may provide women with essential omega-3 fatty acids, antioxidants and phytosterols that can help reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to the results of an animal study presented…

Breast cancer cells in the laboratory that don’t respond to tamoxifen may be producing high amounts of cholesterol in order to provide a…

In what is believed to be the largest study of its kind in the US, researchers have found that almost 26 percent of women…

A University of Minnesota cancer surgeon and researcher has found a dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with the earliest stage of breast cancer choosing to…

Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a gene that protects PTEN, a major tumor-suppressor that is reduced but rarely mutated in about…

Black women, regardless of age or body weight, have a threefold greater risk of developing a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer, compared with non-black women, Boston-based researchers…

Six studies published in the past year by a prominent Cornell researcher add to growing evidence that an apple a day - as well as daily helpings…

Scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have discovered a gene that protects PTEN, a major tumor-suppressor that is reduced but rarely mutated in about…

Six studies published in the past year by a prominent Cornell researcher add to growing evidence that an apple a day - as well as daily helpings of…

A new federally funded University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study aims to learn whether women at high risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce…

Radiologists have developed a computer based model that aids them in discriminating between benign and malignant breast lesions, according to a study performed at the University Of Wisconsin School…

Women are often told that mammography saves lives. But rarely is the question asked, ‘how often?’ Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making,…