Despite recommendations and being at an increased risk of breast cancer, most young women who were treated with chest radiation for a childhood cancer do…

A preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in breast cancer patients with disease in one breast may only be necessary in patients who have high-risk features as assessed…

A new study identifies certain patient and tumor characteristics that may help indicate which breast cancer patients would be the most likely to benefit…

Women coping with difficulties in their marriage have a harder time recovering from treatment for breast cancer, researchers have found.

Breast cancer survivors involved in an ongoing but distressed marriage…

A new study indicates that many women with a family history of breast cancer are obese or sedentary, both of which may further boost their risk of the…

As the nation’s growing population of breast cancer survivors ages, many patients will likely develop common chronic illnesses like diabetes and heart disease, and they’ll…

Canadian researchers have identified a new protein in the progression of breast cancer. According to a recent study from the Université de Montréal and the University of Alberta, published…

Glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive type of brain tumor, accounts for a majority of the brain tumors seen in patients 65 years or older. This…

Higher-than-normal levels of insulin place postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University report. Their…

In Australia, women still present with large breast cancers despite the introduction of mammography screening there in 1991, researchers report in the International Journal of Cancer.

“Our study suggests that greater…

Certain breast cancer survivors who load up on fruits and vegetables, eating far more than current U.S. guidelines, can slash the risk that the tumors will come back by…

A screening schedule that alternates between a breast MRI and a mammogram every six months may do a better job of spotting early cancers in high-risk women than an annual…

A secondary analysis of a large, multicenter clinical trial has shown that a diet loaded with fruits, vegetables and fiber and somewhat lower in fat compared…

Early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with…

Expression of the microtubule-binding protein Tau is not a reliable means of selecting breast cancer patients for adjuvant paclitaxel chemotherapy, according to research led by The…

A type of benign breast disease (BBD) known as atypical hyperplasia substantially increases a young woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, even if there is no…

Findings from a new study have prompted Mayo Clinic researchers to recommend CYP2D6 gene testing for postmenopausal women about to begin tamoxifen therapy. This data confirms that…

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) alternated with mammography at six-month intervals can detect breast cancers not identified by mammography alone, a research team from The University of Texas…

New data shows that three drugs made by Roche Holding AG help patients with breast cancer live longer or remain disease-free for longer, the Swiss drugmaker said Wednesday.

The most commonly used breast cancer drug may cause tumors to spread in a small number of women with low levels of a protein which makes cells stick together,…

A novel angled gantry approach to coronary CT angiography reduced radiation exposure to the breast by more than 50%, according to Thomas Jefferson University researchers.

Ethan Halpern, M.D.,…

Findings published in the December 1, 2008, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, show lapatinib benefits women with…

A new analysis of the National Cancer Institute’s cancer registry has found that as many as one in five older women experience delayed or incomplete radiation treatment…

Women with early-stage breast cancer who have undergone breast augmentation may be treated successfully with a partial-breast radiation treatment called brachytherapy, according to a study presented today…

Latina women have a lower risk of breast cancer than European or African-American women generally, but those with higher European ancestry could be at increased risk, according to data…