Scientists have mapped the complete genetic codes of 21 breast cancers and created a catalogue of the mutations that accumulate in breast cells, raising hopes that the disease may be…

Chemotherapy is a major first line defense against breast cancer. However a patient’s response is often variable and unpredictable. A study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC…

Barcelona, Spain: Using a concentrated, highly targeted dose of radiation to the breast has equally good results as irradiating the whole area, with no…

Physical activity is associated with reduced breast and colon cancer mortality, but there is insufficient evidence on the association for other cancer types, according to…

Researchers from the University of Adelaide are hoping to better understand why the mutated genes for breast and ovarian cancer are not passed on more frequently from one generation of…

Excellent treatment results testify to high quality of care at Heidelberg University Hospital’s Breast Center / First publication of prospectively collected data in Germany

How successful is the interdisciplinary treatment…

Breast cancer in young women is a biologically unique disease that requires customized management strategies, researchers report at the 4th IMPAKT Breast Cancer Conference, in Brussels, Belgium.

The reported…

An investigation published December 16th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that over the last several years in the U.S., accelerated partial breast irradiation using…

Many women who were not ideal candidates for accelerated partial breast irradiation based on treatment guidelines regularly receive the treatment, according to a population-based study.

Between 2000 and 2007, 2.6% of…

Use of brachytherapy to treat breast cancer continues to increase despite unresolved questions about long-term outcomes, according to data presented here.

From 2001 through 2006, breast brachytherapy accounted for 5% of all…

An increasing number of women are treating their breast cancer with brachytherapy, a type of radiation therapy that delivers a smaller, more targeted dose of radiation.

But a new…

Women who got seed radiation as part of their breast cancer treatment were more likely to have an infection or breast pain than those who were treated with whole-breast irradiation,…

New research suggests that starting breast cancer screening at age 40 might be worthwhile for some women who have a higher-than-average risk of the disease, for example…

What we currently call breast cancer should be thought of as 10 completely separate diseases, according to an international study which has been described as a “landmark”.

The categories could…

Breast cancer is at least 10 different diseases, each with its own genetic signature and pattern of weak spots, according to a new landmark study that promises to revolutionize…

Treatment with trastuzumab prolonged survival among women with HER2-positive early breast cancer, but the benefits were accompanied by significant risks of cardiotoxicity, a systematic review found.

In eight clinical…

Caring for a wife with breast cancer can have a measurable negative effect on men’s health, even years after the cancer diagnosis and completion of treatment, according…

In a new study, the impressions of breast cancer patients about the quality of care they received often differed from medical definitions of quality - in part because the…

When women at high risk of breast cancer viewed a customized web-based decision guide about prevention options, they were more likely to make a choice about prevention…

Saturday April 14, 2012 (foodconsumer.org) - Eating too much high calorie density (high glycemic index) carbohydrates such as table sugar or high fructose corn syrup, which are commonly…

South San Francisco’s Genentech has teamed up with personal genetics company 23andMe for a new kind of study - one that doesn’t require patients to find a clinical trial center…

Each year, thousands of Americans die from breast cancer, but there are also thousands who survive the battle.

On Saturday morning in downtown Jackson, hundreds laced up their tennis shoes to…

Twenty three-year-old Jaipur girl, Rozlyn Khan, was a nobody before she uploaded her topless pictures online, and later followed it up with a video where she displayed six self-examination steps to…

An FDA advisory panel unanimously voted in favor of an automated ultrasound device for breast cancer screening after a negative mammogram in women with dense breasts.

But in Wednesday’s…

Women who have early breast tumors surgically removed may often go through repeat mammograms and invasive procedures for years afterward, a new study finds.

The study focused on so-called…