A new study may explain why women with a mutation in the BRCA1 gene face up to an 85 percent lifetime risk of breast cancer.

Researchers from the University…

Digital mammography was much better than traditional film mammography at spotting breast cancers in younger women or those with dense breasts, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.

The results confirm earlier…

Psychological interventions for cancer patients do more than just ease emotional distress – they directly improve health, new research suggests.

A study of 227 breast cancer patients found that…

Health researchers are looking for solutions to a problem that keeps some women from getting routine breast cancer screening.

“Many women will not go or return for a mammogram because…

African American women are generally less likely than white women to pursue genetic testing for BRCA1 or BRCA2, the gene mutations associated with an increased risk of break cancer,…

The NICE guidelines on follow-up for breast cancer patients need urgent revision, warn experts in this week’s BMJ.

More than 1.2 million women and men worldwide are diagnosed…

Postmenopausal women who take combined estrogen/progestin hormone-replacement therapy for three years or more face a fourfold increased risk of developing various…

Removal of the ovaries (oophorectomy) plus tamoxifen, as adjuvant, or “add-on” therapy, significantly improves survival in premenopausal women with operable breast cancer, a study indicates.

This finding is particularly…

Researchers have identified a specific group of microRNA molecules that are responsible for controlling genes that cause breast cancer metastasis. The study, led by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer…

There is a broad variation in the risk of developing breast cancer among people who carry the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutation, according to a study in…

Among breast cancer patients, both chemotherapy and tamoxifen independently reduced the risk of developing a second cancer in the other breast, according to a study published online December…

A new study finds that most general surgeons do not discuss reconstruction with patients before surgical breast cancer treatment. The analysis shows that only one in three patients eligible…

A new study has estimated the costs of providing comprehensive screening and diagnostic services to under-or uninsured, low-income women to identify those with breast or…

Breast tumors that are 1 centimeter in size or smaller — no more than 0.4 inch in length — can still be very aggressive and…

A combination of a “targeted” therapy and chemotherapy shrank metastatic brain tumors by at least 50 percent in one-fifth of patients with aggressive HER2-positive breast cancer, according to data…

The frequency with which breast cancer is diagnosed in pregnant women is low (in the region of 1 in 1000 pregnancies), but the management of these women presents a considerable challenge to those…

An international team of researchers led by Columbia University Medical Center’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center and Sweden’s Lund University has, for the first time, revealed how…

Time interval from diagnosis to treatment of breast cancer at an NCI Comprehensive Cancer Center: Survival and associated demographic factors. Abstract no.…

In about 20 percent of women with breast cancer who plan to undergo a lumpectomy, breast magnetic resonance imaging reveals important diagnostic information that alters their treatment…

Scientists from the National Cancer Institute are looking into the racial and ethnic differences in the biology of breast cancer tumors and are presenting their findings…

Breast cancer is a disease with a number of known genetic and behavioral risk factors, but scientists have seen that these risks are often compounded by social and…

It’s too bad that ticker trouble doesn’t guarantee good health elsewhere in the body. Most people with heart disease have other ailments, including some that require surgery.…

Stereoscopic digital mammography, a new diagnostic technique capable of producing three-dimensional, in-depth views of breast tissue, could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional…

A new radiological diagnostic tool called stereo mammography allows clinicians to detect more lesions and could significantly reduce the number of women who are recalled for additional tests following routine screening…

Results of a study show significant racial differences in the risk of pain associated with advanced breast cancer, with non-whites experiencing poorer pain control than women of other races.

Chronic…