A new study finds that women treated for breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence if they have dense breasts. Published in the December 15, 2009…

Since her teens, Jennifer Jablon had watched family members deal with breast cancer during their 40s, 50s, and 60s. She wondered whether it would be…

3-week course of breast radiation may be as effective as conventional 5- to 7-week course for early breast cancers

According to a…

Researchers have reduced breast cancer metastasis to bone using an experimental agent to inhibit ROCK, a protein that was found to be over-expressed in metastatic breast cancer. In a…

Weight Training Boosts Breast Cancer Survivors’ Body Image and Satisfaction with Intimate Relationships

In addition to building muscle, weightlifting is also a prescription for self-esteem among breast…

Standard adjuvant treatment for HER2-positive breast cancer patients, following primary surgery for their cancer, is Trastuzumab (Herceptin)––typically used in combination with chemotherapy. However,…

Researchers at Rush University Medical Center and Argonne National Laboratory are collaborating on a study to determine if an imaging technique used by NASA to inspect the space shuttle can…

After mastectomy, breast cancer patients who receive radiation treatment to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone do not live longer than those who do not…

Worried about what to do with fat you’ve had liposuctioned from pudgy areas? Researchers have turned it into stem cells in the lab, but here’s a more immediate use: Fat liposuctioned…

A team of Canadian cardiologists, in collaboration with oncologists, are playing an important role in the war against breast cancer Dr. Michael McDonald told the…

After a steady increase of invasive breast cancer cases in Spanish women during the 1980s and 1990s, incidence rates abruptly declined starting in…

Peter Criss, founding member of rock band KISS, knows that many of his male fans are macho, so he is making the rounds to tell them even tough rocker…

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and breast experts from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center agree that getting breast implants does not increase…

Cutting down on processed meats and red meat cooked at high temperatures as well as high-fat diary products may help reduce a woman’s risk of risk of developing breast cancer,…

Lower-income women appear less likely to survive breast cancer than their more-affluent counterparts, and later diagnosis may largely explain why, a new study suggests.

Using data on more…

Well-educated women and those who live alone are emotionally the hardest hit by breast cancer, according to the findings of a new Australian study announced during October’s Breast Cancer Awareness…

A genetic mutation implicated in breast and ovarian cancers could also have a role in causing heart failure, according to a new…

A new study of racial disparities in end-of-life (EOL) care revealed that black cancer patients’ treatment preferences were less likely to be observed…

With there being a concern that mastectomy is excessively used as a treatment for breast cancer, a survey of nearly 2,000 women indicates that breast-conserving surgery was…

There is concern that mastectomy is over-utilized in the United States, which raises questions about the role of surgeons and patient preference in treatment selection for breast cancer. New data…

A group of Canadian researchers have decoded the genetic structure of metastatic lobular breast cancer. This major breakthough could lead to further advancement in the fight against the disease…

Breast cancer is a disease that affects more than 200,000 women each year, but a Geisinger physician cautions that women aren’t the only ones at risk.

“Breast cancer is a…

Women who developed new-onset breast tenderness after starting estrogen plus progestin hormone replacement therapy were at significantly higher risk for developing breast cancer than women on the combination…

Women with a deleterious gene mutation are diagnosed with breast cancer six years earlier than relatives of the previous generation who also had…

According to a new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, although breast-conserving surgery (BCS), commonly known as…