Oncologist Allison Kurian, MD, and her colleagues at the Stanford University School of Medicine were perplexed. Computer models designed to identify women who might have…

Researchers from the U.S. and Canada found that two computer models widely used to determine who should undergo genetic testing for BRCA mutations under predicted mutation…

Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than…

Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according…

Women who stay active after being diagnosed with breast cancer - and even those who take up exercise for the first time after diagnosis - have a better chance of…

A team of researchers at West Virginia University has shown that U.S. immigrants from India and Pakistan take on the habits of their adopted country, increasing…

Factors such as age at menopause as well as a woman’s breastfeeding practices can influence her risk of developing certain types of breast cancer. That was the…

For Heather Fineman, testing positive for the breast cancer gene was one of the most heart-wrenching moments of her life.

“I felt like a sitting duck, just waiting to get cancer,” Fineman, 37,…

As I scanned my E-mails this morning, several were from readers asking for my take on the latest breast cancer news showing that the risk of relapse after…

The osteoporosis drug Zometa (zoledronic acid) prevented bone loss at 12 months in premenopausal women undergoing chemotherapy after they had surgery for early stage breast cancer, a new…

Many women poorly understand the risks and benefits of breast cancer treatment options, researchers report.

“Information may be delivered but not understood,” Dr. Sarah T. Hawley told Reuters Health, especially when women…

Nearly half of women treated for breast cancer did not know that their odds of being alive after five years are roughly the same whether they undergo mastectomy…

Measuring a woman’s bone mineral density can provide additional information that may help more accurately determine a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. That is the conclusion of a…

Whether a painless, portable device that uses electrical current rather than X-ray to look for breast cancer could be an alternative to traditional mammograms is under study at the Medical College…

The simple application of a pain-relieving gel may reduce the breast discomfort some women experience during mammography exams, according to the results of a clinical trial published in…

A new study shows that some women with breast cancer fail to complete their radiation therapy, pointing to a need to help more women to see their treatment through…

It is a staple of women’s health advice and visits to the OB/GYN: the monthly breast self-exam to check for lumps or other changes that might signal…

It is a staple of women’s health advice and visits to the OB/GYN: the monthly breast self-exam to check for lumps or other changes that might…

The invasion and spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, known as metastasis, is a principal cause of death in patients diagnosed with breast cancer. Although…

Young women’s breast cancers tend to be more aggressive and less responsive to treatment than the cancers that arise in older women, and researchers at the Duke…

Most women with breast cancer assume that surgery to preserve their breast will be less disfiguring than a mastectomy that removes the entire breast.

But…

A gene that is overexpressed in 20 percent of breast cancers increases the number of cancer stem cells, the cells that fuel a tumor’s growth and spread, according to a…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved Invitrogen Corp’s genetic test for determining whether patients with breast cancer are good candidates for treatment with the drug Herceptin.

Women who have breast reconstruction after an elective mastectomy are satisfied with their decision, have low complication rates and 98 percent would do it…

Men who develop breast cancer are often not treated until the disease has spread to the point that treatment becomes difficult, new results show.

Although most…