Breast Cancer news

Long-Term Use of Estrogen Hormone Therapy Linked to Higher Risk for Breast Cancer

In a landmark study, researchers have linked the long-term use of estrogen plus progesterone and estrogen-only hormone therapy…    

Fox Chase scientists identify key protein players in hard-to-treat breast cancers

At the time of diagnosis, the majority of breast cancers are categorized as estrogen-receptor positive, or hormone sensitive,…    

A new breast cancer susceptibility gene

Mutations in a gene called XRCC2 cause increased breast cancer risk, according to a study published today in…    

Breast cancer risk gene discovery fast tracked by new technology

Professor Melissa Southey of the Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology at the University of Melbourne, who led…    

Clinics missed 109 breast cancer cases: Quebec College of Physicians

Quebec’s College of Physicians has found that a doctor who worked at three radiology clinics missed breast cancer…    

Even a little drinking may raise breast cancer risk: study

Just one alcoholic drink a day can boost a woman’s risk of breast cancer by about 5 percent,…    

IMRT reduces risk of side effects in breast cancer patients

Breast cancer patients treated with intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) instead of standard whole breast irradiation (WBI) have…    

New Test Found for Effectiveness of Baking Soda as Breast Cancer Therapy

A University of Arizona study that looks to improve the way doctors can measure the effectiveness of drinking…    

AMP Optimistic in Suit to invalidate Patents on Breast Cancer Genes

Bethesda, MD, March 27, 2012: Now that the Supreme Court has remanded Association for Molecular Pathology et al.…    

Overweight and obese women at greater risk of breast cancer recurrence

Women who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with breast cancer are at higher risk of…    

Ultrasound-guided surgery is best way to remove breast tumours

The use of ultrasound-guided surgery to remove tumours from women who have palpable breast cancer is much more…    

Understanding individual genetic variation can help predict chemotherapy side effects

The largest study ever on the effect of genetic variability on the toxicity of chemotherapy in breast cancer…    

DNA marker predicts platinum drug response in breast, ovarian cancer

Scientists from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues have found a genetic marker…    

New way to predict cancer returning?

Researchers have developed a new breast cancer test “that predicts whether or not their breast cancer will return…    

Breast cancer study says more than 1,700 black women die unnecessarily each year

Nearly five black women per day die needlessly from breast cancer because they don’t have information and access…    

Women urge support for breast cancer bill

Breast cancer survivors asked Maine lawmakers Wednesday to help warn women who may have cancer their doctors can’t…    

Black women more likely to die of breast cancer

More than 1,700 black women die of breast cancer every year in the United States because of racial…    

Omega-3 fats tied to less cancer-related fatigue: study

Breast cancer survivors who eat a healthy dose of omega-3 fats - found largely in oily fish like…    

FDA Approves Test for HER2 Gene in Breast Cancer Tissue

A test that measures the number of copies of the HER2 gene in breast tumor tissue has been…    

Identify Depressive Symptoms Early in Breast Cancer Patients

More than one in four women who were later diagnosed with breast cancer had a combined state anxiety…