Estrogen and progesterone receptors, and the gene HER2 – these are the big three markers and/or targets in breast cancer. Evidence presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013…

Researchers have found that drinking alcohol increases ones risk of developing breast cancer, but a new study has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from…

Breast cancer patients carrying a BRCA1 mutation had significantly worse recurrence and survival rates than patients without BRCA mutations or with a BRCA2 mutation, research said.

Data from a…

A variety of mutations may give rise to breast cancer, but scientists generally assume that it starts off with just a few. That’s because later-stage breast cancers tend to have more mutations…

One-quarter of women who should take hormone-blocking therapies as part of their breast cancer treatment either do not start or do not complete the five-year course, according to a new…

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer - one of the least…

Only 53 percent of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients who were at high risk of carrying a BRCA 1 or…

The process of autophagy cleans cells – they wrap up the bad stuff and then dispose of it. And so it stands to reason that inhibiting autophagy would make…

Although mammography, the gold standard of breast cancer screening, reduces breast cancer mortality, it has important limitations. Critics point to reduced sensitivity for women with dense breasts, a…

Advanced HER2-positive breast tumors expressed variable amounts of protein—a measurement which had a significant correlation with survival, a biomarker analysis of a large clinical trial showed.

Women with the highest…

A novel combination of two drugs has shown anti-cancer activity in patients who had incurable solid tumors and carried a germline mutation in their…

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center predict that advancements in breast cancer screening will need a personalized touch because mammography is not a “one strategy fits all”…

In the nearly 11 years since researchers first rang alarm bells that women on hormone replacement therapy faced an increased risk of breast cancer, some have suggested that taking…

Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute lead researcher and author of a study released March 29 by the Journal of…

A newly identified set of genes may predict which women are at high risk for getting breast cancer that is sensitive to estrogen and, therefore, would be…

Women aged 50 to 74 years who get mammograms every other year instead of every year are at a lower risk of false-positive results and at a similar…

A novel receptor-targeted radioactive tracer for intraoperative lymphatic mapping (ILM) - technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept (Lymphoseek, Navidea Biopharmaceuticals) - has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration…

Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used now, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any…

Twenty-three percent of women who are newly diagnosed with breast cancer have PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) symptoms, researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical…

Women with late-stage breast cancer have lower survival rates in the UK than five other high-income countries, including Sweden and Canada, suggests a study in the British Journal of Cancer.

The rate of advanced breast cancer for U.S. women 25 to 39 years old nearly doubled from 1976 to 2009, a difference too great to be a matter of chance, a…

There is a set back in the fight against breast cancer. More young women are getting advanced, deadly forms of cancer.

When Sue Ellen Jimenez of Cranston…

More young women are being diagnosed with advanced, metastatic breast cancer than were three decades ago, a new study suggests - although the overall rate of cancers in that…

Women who have had the lymph nodes under their arm surgically removed during breast cancer treatment are warned to avoid certain practices that can cause lymphedema…

A lifelong diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can inhibit growth of breast cancer tumours by 30 per cent, according to new research from the University…