Tuesday December 29, 2009 The new focus on a cancer’s surroundings, researchers say, is a major shift in thinking about why cancer occurs and how to stop it. [more]

Wednesday December 23, 2009 Teresa Heinz, the wife of 2004 Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry, disclosed that she is battling breast cancer in an editorial in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. [more]

Tuesday December 22, 2009 For women at high risk of breast cancer, an MRI can help detect malignancies early and is often suggested in addition to annual mammograms. Yet, 42 percent of such women in a new study said no to the test. [more]

Monday December 21, 2009 Dietary "phytoestrogens" -- plant substances that have weak estrogen-like activity -- have little impact on the risks of developing hormone-sensitive cancers like breast and prostate cancer or colorectal cancers. [more]

Tuesday December 15, 2009 While many kinds of cancer are resistant to such treatments, tamoxifen is well documented to prevent breast cancer in many women at high risk for it. [more]

Tuesday December 15, 2009 When it comes to diagnosing breast cancer, women and their doctors have some options, but new research suggests that the less invasive "core needle biopsy" procedure is nearly as effective in diagnosing breast cancer as an open surgical procedure is, with fewer complications than the surgical version. [more]

Monday December 14, 2009 Radiation from CT scans done in 2007 will cause 29,000 cancers and kill nearly 15,000 Americans. [more]

Monday December 14, 2009 A new study finds a significant racial disparity in breast cancer treatment: Black women are less likely than their white counterparts to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy. [more]

Monday December 14, 2009 About three-quarters of women with breast cancer report some degree of sexual problems, according to results released at the 32nd Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. [more]

Friday December 11, 2009 Compounds derived from two spices -- pepper and turmeric -- could help prevent breast cancer by limiting the growth of stem cells that promote tumor growth. [more]

Friday December 11, 2009 Post-menopausal women who have three to four alcoholic beverages a week of any sort have a significantly higher risk that their breast cancer will come back. [more]

Thursday December 10, 2009 Overeating and drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol may be bad news for women with breast cancer. [more]

Thursday December 10, 2009 Bone-building drugs used by tens of millions of women to fight osteoporosis also cut the risk of breast cancer, suggesting the drugs may play a dual role in keeping women healthy. [more]

Wednesday December 09, 2009 A new method of testing for breast tumors might one day all but eliminate false positives and false negatives from breast cancer diagnosis. [more]

Wednesday December 09, 2009 Social isolation and stress may increase breast cancer risk. [more]

Tuesday December 08, 2009 Regular, moderate consumption of soy foods can help lower the risk of death and cancer recurrence in women who've had breast cancer, new research shows. [more]

Tuesday December 08, 2009 The incidence of breast cancer in the United States declined 7 percent between 2002 and 2003, but only part of that decrease can be attributed to reduced use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) by menopausal women, researchers say. [more]

Monday December 07, 2009 Lonely, stressed-out rats were far more likely to develop breast tumors than rats living in a social group, a finding that suggests loneliness can have a profound effect on health. [more]

Monday December 07, 2009 Better screening, healthier living and new treatments have all continued to help cut the annual number of cancer cases and deaths in the United States, a new report says. [more]

Sunday December 06, 2009 The spread of breast cancer cells from the main tumor to other parts of the body is controlled by a growth factor known as TGFb, which may prove a promising target for new drugs to prevent metastatic breast cancer. [more]

Saturday December 05, 2009 The battle over health care focuses on access to insurance, or tempests like the one that erupted over new mammogram guidelines. But what about broader public health challenges? [more]

Friday December 04, 2009 For breast lumps that can be felt with the fingers but look benign on ultrasound, an immediate biopsy may not be needed, particularly for some young women. [more]

Friday December 04, 2009 Worries about side effects are a major reason why only 6 percent of American women at high risk for breast cancer are willing to take the drug tamoxifen to prevent the disease. [more]

Thursday December 03, 2009 The U.S. Senate backed a plan on Thursday to make it easier for women to get preventive health screenings such as mammograms as it cast its first votes on a sweeping healthcare overhaul. [more]

Thursday December 03, 2009 Add colorectal cancer to the list of malignancies caused by smoking, with a new study strengthening the link between the two. [more]

Wednesday December 02, 2009 Breast ultrasounds found 100 percent of suspicious cancers in women under 40 who found lumps or other suspicious areas of the breast, offering a cheaper, less-invasive alternative to surgery or biopsies. [more]




Tuesday December 01, 2009 Women on Medicaid have a harder time scheduling a timely appointment for a diagnostic mammogram than women with Medicare coverage. [more]

Monday November 30, 2009 A software program that helps determine the stiffness of a breast lump may help some women avoid unnecessary breast biopsies. [more]

Tuesday November 24, 2009 The world of cancer screening has been upended in the past two weeks. [more]

Monday November 23, 2009 The fallout from last week's controversial recommendation that women delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer continues, with a former head of the U.S. National Institutes of Health advising women to ignore the guidelines. [more]

Monday November 23, 2009 Insomnia and sleep disorders affect more than three-quarters of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, a rate nearly three times higher than that of the general population. [more]

Sunday November 22, 2009 A few years ago, an independent group that issues guidelines on cancer screening decided to review its recommendations for breast cancer. It had last issued guidelines in 2002, but things had changed — there was new science and researchers had become more sophisticated in analyzing existing data. [more]

Saturday November 21, 2009 The current dispute over mammograms gives many people who’ve been around since the 1980s a sense of déjà vu. [more]

Friday November 20, 2009 The federal Preventive Services Task Force, the group that created a political firestorm this week with its recommendation that women get less-frequent mammograms, was created to be insulated from politics. [more]

Friday November 20, 2009 Using a blood test to pinpoint the optimal timing of breast MRI scans in women with irregular menstrual cycles could reduce the need for repeat scans. [more]

Friday November 20, 2009 Making drastic changes to U.S. breast cancer screening guidelines will take much stronger evidence than that offered by a federal advisory panel this week. [more]

Friday November 20, 2009 The federally funded task force that loosened guidelines for breast-cancer screening this week clarified its position Thursday, in response to an intense backlash generated by its new recommendations. [more]

Friday November 20, 2009 Women can rest assured, at least for now, that their health plan will continue to pay for an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. [more]

Thursday November 19, 2009 Screening for cancer and other preventive health measures can prolong lives, but only 25 percent of adults aged 50 to 64 in the United States are getting these recommended screenings. [more]

Wednesday November 18, 2009 Despite new recommendations that most women start breast screening at 50 rather than 40, many doctors said Tuesday that they were simply not ready to make such a drastic change. [more]

Wednesday November 18, 2009 U.S. health officials distanced themselves Wednesday from controversial new breast cancer screening guidelines that recommend against routine mammograms for healthy women in their 40s and said federal policy on screening mammograms had not changed. [more]

Wednesday November 18, 2009 When a U.S. government task force recommended that women wait until they're 50 to get their first mammogram to check for breast cancer, reaction was swift. [more]

Tuesday November 17, 2009 To a large degree, in interviews with women in several cities on Tuesday and comments posted on the Web, the response to the new guidelines had less to do with medicine than with a general approach to health care — and indeed life itself. [more]

Monday November 16, 2009 Most women probably remember the gynecologist saying that it’s important to conduct breast self-examinations at home once a month, or have heard the tale of how a friend or family member found a lump in their breast that wasn’t detected by a mammogram. So the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendation against teaching women how to do breast self-examinations may seem perplexing. [more]

Monday November 16, 2009 Most women don't need a mammogram in their 40s and should get one every two years starting at 50, a government task force said Monday. It's a major reversal that conflicts with the American Cancer Society's long-standing position. [more: ] [more]

Monday November 16, 2009 Cancer experts fear new U.S. breast imaging guidelines that recommend against routine screening mammograms for women in their 40s may have their roots in the current drive in Washington to reform healthcare. [more]

Monday November 16, 2009 Dr. Susan Love has a goal: Get 1 million people to enroll in breast cancer studies. She's well on the way. [more]

Sunday November 15, 2009 The over-activity of a gene known to boost a woman's risk for breast cancer may have a good side, making arteries healthier, a new study suggests. [more]

Thursday November 12, 2009 Declining use of hormone replacement therapy may be driving down rates of a condition called "atypical ductal hyperplasia," a known risk factor for breast cancer, new research suggests. [more]

Thursday November 12, 2009 Much of what Americans do in the name of warding off cancer has not been shown to matter, and some things are actually harmful. Yet the few medicines proved to deter cancer are widely ignored. [more]

Tuesday November 10, 2009 “Most adults transition to their post-cancer treatment lives needing minimal or no healthcare support, but a significant proportion of cancer survivors continue to have multiple unmet physical and mental health needs. [more]

Tuesday November 10, 2009 Even three years after finishing treatment for breast cancer, almost 50 percent of women report long-term pain. [more]

Monday November 09, 2009 After a lumpectomy, women with very dense breasts have a higher risk of cancer recurrence in the affected breast. [more]

Tuesday November 03, 2009 Research suggesting that mammography examinations do not help women leaves many in a treatment quandary. [more]

Tuesday November 03, 2009 International cancer specialists meet this week to plan an assault on a troubling increase of breast cancer in developing countries, where nearly two-thirds of women aren't diagnosed until it has spread through their bodies. [more]

Wednesday October 28, 2009 Transcendental meditation reduces stress and improves the emotional and mental well-being of breast cancer patients. [more]

Monday October 26, 2009 Black women experience a significant delay in follow-up after discovery of a breast abnormality, a U.S. study has found. [more]

Monday October 26, 2009 Call it the arrow of cancer. Like the arrow of time, it was supposed to point in one direction. Cancers grew and worsened. But as a paper in The Journal of the American Medical Association noted last week, data from more than two decades of screening for breast and prostate cancer call that view into question. [more]

Thursday October 22, 2009 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 guys like him can suffer from a disease usually associated with women -- breast cancer. [more]

Wednesday October 21, 2009 The American Cancer Society says it is not currently rethinking its stance on cancer screening, as was widely reported Wednesday. [more]

Monday October 19, 2009 Lower-income women appear less likely to survive breast cancer than their more-affluent counterparts, and later diagnosis may largely explain why. [more]

Friday October 16, 2009 Women with a high genetic risk of developing breast cancer are being diagnosed sooner than similar women in the past, which may suggest that tumors are developing earlier in the younger generation. [more]

Thursday October 15, 2009 Exercise can reduce the often debilitating fatigue that cancer patients experience during chemotherapy. [more]

Wednesday October 14, 2009 Among women with locally advanced breast cancer who undergo the same class of chemotherapy, race doesn't affect the odds of having no sign of disease at surgery. [more]

Tuesday October 13, 2009 Contrary to common belief, most women diagnosed with breast cancer are not turning to mastectomy as their first choice for treatment but are first trying more conservative approaches, such as lumpectomy. [more]

Monday October 12, 2009 When a mammogram detected a lump in Barbara Laufer's breast, the fear was paralyzing. Laufer was diagnosed with a perplexing condition called ductal carcinoma in situ, or DCIS, a growth of malignant cells inside the milk ducts of the breast. Though some doctors describe the condition to patients as a very early breast cancer, others compare it to a precancer. Although the disease is almost never life-threatening, Laufer says the diagnosis put her life on hold. [more]

Monday October 12, 2009 Shaping the future of personalized medicine is not all about developing expensive new drugs -- it will also mean revisiting older, cheaper medicines armed with new genetic knowledge. [More: ] [more]

Monday October 12, 2009 Get in the pink in support of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Races sponsored by Susan G. Komen for the Cure are one of the initiatives that have helped this grassroots organization provide more than $1.3 billion for the cause to end breast cancer. Stefan Strickland, director of Komen's Race for the Cure series, shares with Kathy Baruffi for USA TODAY her list of places to join in the action. [more]

Monday October 12, 2009 Breast tenderness in women taking estrogen/progestin hormone replacement therapy could signal increased chances of developing breast cancer. [more]

Friday October 09, 2009 Being told you have breast cancer is tough emotionally, but regular exercise can help you keep your spirits up. [more]

Wednesday October 07, 2009 Canadian researchers said on Wednesday they had documented the genetic transformation of a breast tumor mutation by mutation, shedding light on how cancer develops and offering potential new routes to fighting it. [more]

Wednesday October 07, 2009 Estrogen fuels breast cancer yet doctors can't measure how much of the hormone is in a woman's breast without cutting into it. A Canadian invention might change that: A lab-on-a-chip that can do the work quickly with just the poke of a small needle. [more]

Wednesday October 07, 2009 News reports and TV shows have showcased stories of healthy women who have had both breasts removed because of their high risk for breast cancer, but relatively few women who have not had cancer actually take this radical step. [more]

Tuesday October 06, 2009 Women who never got mammograms are far more likely to die of breast cancer than women who are regularly screened. [more]

Tuesday October 06, 2009 A genetic variant seems to predict resistance to the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, German researchers report. [more]

Monday October 05, 2009 Analyzing individual breast tissue for specific structural characteristics may more precisely determine a woman's risk for developing breast cancer. [more]

Thursday October 01, 2009 A diet rich in fruits, vegetables and whole grains, and low in sweets and processed meats, may help lower the risk of breast cancer in some African-American women. [more]

Wednesday September 30, 2009 If you’re going to get breast cancer, your chances of being alive five years later are best in the United States, where 90.5% of patients make it to that benchmark. [more]

Wednesday September 30, 2009 Fewer women in the United States are dying from breast cancer, but disparities in death rates still exist between whites and blacks. [more]

Tuesday September 29, 2009 A socially isolated, stressful environment can speed up the growth of breast cancer. [more]

Monday September 28, 2009 Many more women are deciding to have a healthy breast removed after being diagnosed with breast cancer in the other. But there's little evidence to suggest that this practice is actually beneficial in terms of improving survival. [more]

Saturday September 26, 2009 The timing and type of hormone replacement therapy women take to relieve menopausal symptoms seem to determine the degree of breast cancer risk they face. [more]

Thursday September 24, 2009 Being fat could become the leading cause of cancer in women in Western countries in the coming years. [more]

Thursday September 24, 2009 A common, nonmalignant tumor of the breast called ductal carcinoma in-situ or DCIS may need a name change because the word "carcinoma" scares so many women. [more]

Wednesday September 23, 2009 Cancer patients whose tumors are targeted with heat treatment as well as chemotherapy are more likely to stay alive and cancer-free for longer than those who receive only chemotherapy. [more]

Wednesday September 23, 2009 Chemotherapy can save the lives of people with cancer, but new research suggests it may have devastating effects on the brain. [more]

Tuesday September 15, 2009 Hispanics in the United States are less likely to die from cancer than non-Hispanic whites, but they have higher rates of cancers linked to infections, including stomach, liver and cervix malignancies. [more]

Thursday September 10, 2009 Surviving breast cancer is no guarantee that a new cancer won't appear in the other breast. However, research now suggests that women can build their own personal armor to at least partially protect themselves from this occurring. [more]

Wednesday September 09, 2009 Women taking the next puff of a cigarette might consider this: smoking 100 or more cigarettes may substantially increase their odds of developing breast cancer, researchers report. [more]

Tuesday September 08, 2009 Researchers say they have gained insight into whether certain aggressive cancers -- including those that attack the pancreas, breast and skin -- will respond to a certain anti-cancer drug. [more]

Thursday September 03, 2009 Family and friends don't just serve as emotional support for breast cancer patients, they also help patients decide which kind of surgery to have. [more]

Tuesday September 01, 2009 New research suggests that chemotherapy in breast cancer patients disrupts cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and continued treatment leads to worse and more lasting problems. [more]

Tuesday September 01, 2009 Nearly 40 percent of all breast cancer cases in the United States could be prevented if women kept a healthy weight, drank less alcohol, exercised more and breastfed their babies. [more]

Friday August 28, 2009 An adult woman's intake of meat, eggs and dairy products should not boost her risk for breast cancer. [more]

Wednesday August 26, 2009 Patients recovering from breast cancer surgery have a greater chance of avoiding a painful and debilitating post-surgery condition if they get a little extra information. [more]

Tuesday August 18, 2009 Researchers report that the paradoxical strategy of treating breast cancers that have become resistant to anti-estrogen therapies with estrogen actually shrank some tumors. [more]

Tuesday August 18, 2009 The switch from film mammography to digital mammography has led to an increase in breast cancer detection rates. [more]

Friday August 14, 2009 A glass of wine a day cut the risk of treatment-linked skin toxicity by two-thirds in women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer. [more]

Thursday August 13, 2009 Cancer death rates are declining, especially among younger people, new research shows. [more]

Wednesday August 12, 2009 Breast cancer patients with even the tiniest spread of the disease to a lymph node have a much higher risk of it recurring years later and may need more treatment than just surgery. [more]

Wednesday August 12, 2009 Lifting weights can help prevent flare-ups of lymphedema, a painful swelling of the arm that often occurs after breast cancer surgery. [more]

Monday August 10, 2009 There is new evidence that breast-feeding is associated with a lower incidence of breast cancer among a group of younger women who are at particularly high risk: those with breast cancer in the family. [more]

Sunday August 09, 2009 By dosing menopausal women with estrogen and progesterone as their bodies began to produce decreased amounts of those hormones, doctors once believed they could help fend off heart disease, osteoporosis and cancer. But those beliefs collapsed in 2002, when researchers found that the therapy produced an increased risk of breast cancer, heart attack, stroke and blood clots. HRT has been pretty much taboo ever since. [more]

Friday August 07, 2009 Women who have a mastectomy after being diagnosed with breast cancer seem have a similar quality of life in the long term whether they have breast reconstruction surgery or not. [more]

Friday August 07, 2009 Many women with a high risk of breast or ovarian cancer have surgery to remove their breasts or ovaries in order to reduce the likelihood of developing cancer. [more]

Wednesday August 05, 2009 For Hispanics who move to the United States, the good life comes at a price: A new study finds they increase their risk for cancer by 40 percent. Living the American lifestyle is probably to blame, say researchers from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. [more]

Tuesday August 04, 2009 Periodically cutting calories may lower the risk of developing breast cancer better than full-time dieting. [more]

Monday August 03, 2009 As more people with cancer survive and try to return to their former lives, a side effect of chemotherapy is getting more and more attention. Its name is apt, if unappealing: chemo brain. [more]

Friday July 31, 2009 Women who live in counties with a mammography facility are three times as likely to have received the test in the past two years than women in counties without these facilities. [more]

Friday July 31, 2009 Preparing as much as possible for surgery would seem to make sense, but in one case -- using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to plan breast cancer surgery - it may do more harm than good. [more]

Friday July 31, 2009 Breast computed tomography (CT) scans, already used experimentally to diagnose breast cancer, may also be able to treat it. [more]

Friday July 24, 2009 A new study finds that the high death rates from breast cancer in American Indian and Alaskan native women are linked to cultural beliefs, not barriers such as poor access to health care. [more]

Monday July 20, 2009 The increased risk of cancer in obese women appears to be reduced by weight-loss or "bariatric" surgery. [more]

Monday July 20, 2009 The results of a study confirm that girls who undergo radiation for cancer in childhood have an increased long-term risk of developing breast cancer, regardless of their age at the time of treatment. [more]

Friday July 17, 2009 Among breast cancer patients, a positive religious attitude is not linked to measures of well-being, but a negative religious or spiritual outlook can lead to worse emotional and mental health. [more]

Wednesday July 15, 2009 Breast cancer screenings increased more than 17 percent through the use of a reminder program for women who were due for a mammogram. [more]

Saturday July 11, 2009 The amount of carbohydrates a woman eats, as well as the overall "glycemic load" of her diet, impact her chances of developing breast cancer. [more]

Friday July 10, 2009 Roughly one in three breast cancers detected in publicly organized mammography screening programs is over-diagnosed -- meaning that the cancer will not cause symptoms or death in the woman's lifetime. [more]

Thursday July 09, 2009 For women who suffer from migraines, here's a bit of good news: New research shows that your risk of breast cancer may be reduced by as much as 26 percent. [more]

Tuesday July 07, 2009 Even when they get identical medical treatment, black Americans with breast, ovarian and prostate cancer tend to die earlier than patients of other races, a finding that suggests biological or genetic factors may play an important role. [more]

Tuesday July 07, 2009 Coffee and general caffeine intake may affect a woman's levels of estrogen and other sex hormones, a new study suggests -- offering a potential explanation for findings that link caffeine to certain cancers. [more]

Thursday July 02, 2009 Cancer is always hard, but the disease poses a particularly thorny set of problems for elderly patients. [more]

Wednesday July 01, 2009 A glass of wine a day may help breast cancer patients better tolerate radiation therapy and reduce its adverse effects. [more]

Tuesday June 30, 2009 Among working women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, those treated with chemotherapy appear more likely to experience a major change in work status. [more]

Tuesday June 30, 2009 Women with high blood pressure, elevated glucose and other components of metabolic syndrome might be at increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer. [more]

Friday June 26, 2009 Cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States have declined overall, but the decrease is significantly less marked in poor women who live in rural areas, possibly due to differences in the use of hormone therapy. [more]

Wednesday June 24, 2009 Europe is aiming to reduce its cancer deaths by 15 percent by 2020 and needs to double screenings to prevent mortality rates climbing as the population ages, the EU's health chief said on Wednesday. [more]

Tuesday June 23, 2009 Study finds lung and breast cancer rates especially elevated Cancer is the second leading cause of death for people with schizophrenia, a new French study reports. [more]

Tuesday June 23, 2009 “Weight-loss surgery may help obese women lower their risk of developing cancer. [more]

Wednesday June 17, 2009 The anti-cancer properties of carrots are enhanced 25 percent if they are cooked whole rather than chopped up beforehand, a study has found. [more]

Monday June 15, 2009 British men's "stiff upper lip" attitude which makes them reluctant to visit their doctors may be behind the fact that they are almost 40 percent more likely than women to die of cancer. [more]

Wednesday June 10, 2009 New research suggests that women with a certain type of gene, called SOD2, may show marked resistance to a chemotherapy drug, called cyclophosphamide, used to treat breast cancer. [more]

Tuesday June 09, 2009 A cancer diagnosis can take a physical and mental toll in the years after treatment, a new study says. [more]

Monday June 08, 2009 The ratio of women to men enrolled in oncology clinical trials still lags behind disease patterns in the real world. [more]

Monday June 08, 2009 Many women with breast cancer continue to take antioxidant supplements despite worries that the pills may interfere with treatment, a new study shows. [more]

Friday June 05, 2009 Eating meat doesn't increase postmenopausal women's risk for breast cancer, new research has found. Previous studies looking at whether eating meat and increased breast cancer risk might be linked have yielded inconsistent results. [more]

Wednesday June 03, 2009 After age 30, exercising for more than an hour a week may help cut a woman's chances of developing breast cancer, according to a recent study. [more]

Sunday May 31, 2009 Breast cancer survivors risk having their disease come back if they use certain antidepressants while also taking the cancer prevention drug tamoxifen, worrisome new research shows. [more]

Wednesday May 27, 2009 Some 650,000 people are alive today who wouldn't be were it not for advances in cancer prevention, detection and treatment over the past 15 years, new statistics show. [more]

Monday May 25, 2009 A large study has found no link between eating meat – total meat, red meat, processed meat, or meat cooked at high temperatures – and the risk of breast cancer in older women. [more]

Friday May 22, 2009 Almost 25 percent of black women with advanced breast cancer refuse the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that could save their lives, a new study finds. [more]

Tuesday May 19, 2009 Some studies have found that patients with certain cancers seem to survive longer when they're diagnosed during summer and autumn months, but it now appears that this may be largely due to higher death rates in general during winter months. [more]

Monday May 18, 2009 Despite having insurance, many poor women with breast cancer do not take hormone pills needed to keep their cancer in check, raising their risks that the cancer will return, U.S. researchers said. [more]

Thursday May 14, 2009 Researchers have discovered the nausea-easing powers of ginger that many grandmothers are already familiar with, and report that the spice helped cancer patients who were undergoing chemotherapy. [more]

Tuesday May 12, 2009 A home-based diet and exercise program slowed the decline of physical function in older, overweight cancer survivors, new research has found. [more]

Tuesday May 12, 2009 A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in February noted a slight decline in the proportion of women having annual mammograms in just about every state, including Maryland and Virginia, as well as in the District. [more]

Wednesday May 06, 2009 Three genes in mice may help explain how breast cancer cells overcome a natural barrier to get into the brain, scientists said Wednesday. [more]

Monday May 04, 2009 Women who take part in a quick counseling session on breast self-examination, reinforced with a couple of follow-up calls, are more likely to perform the exams regularly, new research shows. [more]

Wednesday April 29, 2009 Breast cancer risk assessment and prevention should start much earlier in life than it currently does, say Canadian researchers who examined breast cancer risk factors in young women. [more]

Monday April 27, 2009 In general, a woman's breasts get less dense as she ages. However, a new study shows that there remain a substantial proportion of older women with very dense breasts – a finding that could have important implications for breast cancer screening. [more]

Friday April 24, 2009 New research points to a dramatic increase in the number of women diagnosed with the earliest stage of breast cancer in one breast who choose to have both breasts surgically removed. [more]

Thursday April 23, 2009 Smoking causes lung cancer and is implicated in a dozen other cancers, but scientists have generally dismissed its importance in breast cancer, saying it plays little role, if any. Now, a Canadian panel of experts is challenging the widely held view. [more]

Thursday April 23, 2009 Since the war on cancer began, the National Cancer Institute has alone spent $105 billion. Yet the death rate for cancer, adjusted for the size and age of the population, dropped only 5 percent from 1950 to 2005. [more]

Tuesday April 21, 2009 By eating walnuts, women could reduce their risk of breast cancer, researchers said. [more ] [more]

Monday April 20, 2009 White women and black women in the United States share certain breast cancer risk factors but appear to have distinctive risk factors as well, a new study shows. [more]

Thursday April 16, 2009 Researchers are discovering how the density of a woman's breast tissue can also predict how she will respond to cancer treatment and whether her cancer will recur. [more]

Wednesday April 15, 2009 Women who participate in recreational exercise and sports over their lifetime may be lowering their risk of death from breast cancer and breast cancer recurrence. [more]

Tuesday April 14, 2009 A study of neighborhoods suggests that modifiable factors, not genetics, underlie the racial disparities that have been seen in survival of breast and prostate cancer. [more]

Friday April 10, 2009 A common, harmless human virus can target and kill breast cancer stem cells, Canadian researchers report. [more]

Tuesday April 07, 2009 A growing number of women threatened by cancer are opting for a preventive bilateral mastectomy: surgery to remove both breasts. The procedure has become more common not only among women with cancer in only one breast but also for women with no cancer at all. [more]

Wednesday April 01, 2009 Among women who have had cancer in one breast, drinking alcohol may increase risk of developing cancer in the other breast, study findings suggest. However, this association was not seen with smoking. [more]

Monday March 30, 2009 U.S. researchers say they've spotted new gene variations that could boost the risk of sporadic breast cancer. [more]

Friday March 27, 2009 Microsurgery can reduce the build-up of lymphatic fluid after breast cancer treatment, a new report shows. [more]

Wednesday March 25, 2009 Black women are three times more likely than women of other races to develop aggressive breast cancer, a U.S. study finds. [more]

Wednesday March 25, 2009 Home visits from peers trained as health workers may encourage more low-income Hispanic women to get screened for breast and cervical cancers, a new study suggests. [more]

Tuesday March 24, 2009 Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) has announced legislation for a national campaign to educate the public, particularly young women and their doctors, about the need for a much earlier approach to breast cancer detection. [more]

Tuesday March 24, 2009 A new study confirms that women with breast cancer who are 35 years old or younger are more likely than older women to have their cancer come back after treatment. [more]

Tuesday March 24, 2009 Asian-American women who ate a lot of soy as children had a 58 percent reduced risk of developing breast cancer, a finding that suggests soy may have a protective effect. [more]

Wednesday March 18, 2009 Early detection of a woman's second breast cancer can cut her risk of premature death in half, researchers said. [more]

Wednesday March 18, 2009 Early detection of second breast cancers can reduce the risk of death by as much as half, according to an international study. [more]

Tuesday March 17, 2009 In breast cancer survivors, lymphedema – an uncomfortable swelling of the arm and wrist – can be one of the most vexing side effects of treatment. [more]

Friday March 13, 2009 The risk of breast cancer re-occurring is greater in women younger than 35 than it is in older women, especially if they opt for less radical treatment for the disease, a new study says. [more]

Friday March 13, 2009 Women who get plenty of mushrooms and green tea in their diets may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer, new study findings suggest. [more]

Thursday March 12, 2009 High blood pressure accounts for some of the disproportionately higher mortality rates among African American women with breast cancer compared with their Caucasian counterparts, according to an article in the International Journal of Cancer. [more]

Monday March 09, 2009 Women who know they carry a gene that puts them at higher risk of breast cancer tend to opt for preventive mastectomy, a new study concludes. [more]

Monday March 09, 2009 Although moderate consumption of red wine may offer some benefit for your heart, it won't help decrease the risk of breast cancer in women, new research suggests. [more]

Monday March 09, 2009 Mystery tumors are estimated to account for 2 percent to 5 percent of all cancer, or at least 30,000 new cases a year in the United States, making them more common than brain, liver or stomach cancers. For patients, such a diagnosis can amount to a double agony – not only do they have cancer, but doctors cannot treat it properly. [more]

Saturday March 07, 2009 Norine Rathbone took part in a tryout for the Detroit Tigers this spring, as a breast cancer survivor from Las Vegas who has become a symbol of a project Major League Baseball introduced on Mother's Day three years ago to support the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation. [more]

Friday February 27, 2009 Men who are part of families in which some members have BRCA1 or 2 gene mutations – which boost the risk for breast and ovarian cancer – typically avoid genetic counseling or testing, a new study found. [more]

Thursday February 26, 2009 Healthier living could prevent about a third of the most common cancers in rich countries and about a quarter in poorer ones, international researchers said on Thursday. [more]

Tuesday February 24, 2009 Women who are waiting for results after a breast biopsy experience abnormalities in the levels of a stress hormone known as cortisol, a fact that might not only be damaging to overall health but might compromise future treatment if, in fact, the results come back positive. [more]

Tuesday February 24, 2009 Research involving more than a million middle-age women finds that even moderate drinking raises risks for breast, liver and other cancers. [more]

Monday February 23, 2009 Researchers have found a protein that helps breast cancer cells spread and found it in the urine of women with aggressive breast cancer – offering a potentially painless way to warn a patient. [more]

Tuesday February 17, 2009 One of the first big analyses to examine employment rates among American and European cancer survivors has found that they are at significantly higher risk for joblessness than healthy counterparts. [more]

Monday February 16, 2009 A study released earlier this month found that even cancer patients who have health insurance are seeing their expenses mount as deductibles and cost-sharing continue to rise each year. [more]

Monday February 16, 2009 The days of one-size-fits-all cancer treatment are numbered: a rush of new research is pointing the way to tailor chemotherapy and other care to what's written in your tumor's genes. [more]

Monday February 16, 2009 MRI should supplement and enhance current screening and diagnostic for breast cancer, not serve as a substitute for it, according to newly released physician guidelines. [more]

Thursday February 12, 2009 Women having radiation treatment for breast cancer experienced lasting improvements in mental and physical health and quality of life after participating in five sessions of art therapy, Swedish researchers report. [more]

Monday February 09, 2009 Pregnant women who develop breast cancer do not have worse odds of death or of cancer returning than other young breast cancer patients, a new study has found. [more]

Thursday February 05, 2009 Most breast cancers in Hispanic women are detected by the women themselves, despite high rates of screening mammography in this population, a new study shows. [more]

Wednesday February 04, 2009 Studies repeatedly have linked long-term use of postmenopausal hormones to an increased risk of breast cancer, but new research suggests that the risk falls markedly within two years of quitting treatment. [more]

Wednesday February 04, 2009 A new analysis shows that the drop in breast cancer cases that began in 2003 is indeed due to women stopping hormone replacement therapy (HRT) after a large, U.S. study showed surprisingly higher rates of heart problems and breast cancer among users of some kinds of HRT. [more]

Tuesday February 03, 2009 Mammography use has declined this decade in nearly two-thirds of the states, according to a new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [more]

Monday February 02, 2009 Evaluating how various proteins interact in tumors can help predict a woman's chances of surviving breast cancer, allowing doctors to better tailor treatment, Canadian researchers said. [more]

Tuesday January 27, 2009 Almost half of female childhood cancer survivors under the age of 40 who had chest radiation as part of their treatment are not following the recommended advice to get screening mammograms sooner than other women, new research shows. [more]

Monday January 26, 2009 A growing number of breast cancer patients are taking radical steps to avoid going through cancer again. [more]

Monday January 26, 2009 Researchers say they have found a way to better calculate the risk a woman with cancer in one breast has of developing tumors in the other breast. [more]

Monday January 26, 2009 A small but growing number of women with cancer in one breast are deciding to have the other one surgically removed to avoid the possibility that a tumor develops there in the future. [more]

Wednesday January 07, 2009 One in every hundred breast cancers or so occurs in men, and such tumors are often detected at a late stage. [more]

Tuesday January 06, 2009 Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests. [more]

Thursday January 01, 2009 In a finding that could help doctors fine-tune breast cancer treatments even further, a new study confirms that there are genes that increase the likelihood that the disease will spread throughout a woman's body. [more]

Monday December 29, 2008 Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies – the painful and sometimes severe arm swelling called lymphedema. [more]

Tuesday December 23, 2008 For many cancer patients undergoing mastectomies, reconstructive breast surgery can seem like a first step to reclaiming their bodies. [more]

Monday December 22, 2008 Painful swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer – a condition called lymphedema – is more common in women who are overweight or obese than in women of normal weight, researchers have found. [more at ] [more]

Thursday December 18, 2008 Marriage problems are associated with poorer outcomes for women with breast cancer, a new U.S. study finds. [more]

Monday December 15, 2008 Breast cancer patients who apply moisturizers may be dosing themselves with estrogen without even knowing it, investigators reported at a breast cancer symposium in San Antonio. [more]

Monday December 15, 2008 Certain breast cancer survivors who load up on fruits and vegetables, eating far more than current U.S. guidelines, can slash their risk the tumors will come back by nearly a third, according to a U.S. study. [more]

Friday December 12, 2008 Information patients commonly receive about the risk of their breast cancer returning after surgery may make their decision on whether to get chemotherapy more difficult, a new study concludes. [more]

Friday December 12, 2008 Researchers are making progress in predicting breast cancer risk, recurrence risk and response to cancer treatment by looking at such factors as breast density and tumor size, a panel of experts report. [more]

Thursday December 04, 2008 The most commonly used breast cancer drug may cause tumors to spread in a small number of women with low levels of a protein which makes cells stick together, British researchers said. [more]

Tuesday December 02, 2008 The Lymphedema CareLine is designed to provide information and assistance to breast cancer patients who are or may be at risk for post-treatment side effects such as lymphedema (swelling due to blockage in the lymphatic system). [more]

Monday December 01, 2008 One in five breast cancer patients ages 65 and older postponed radiation therapy or did not complete the full radiation regimen after breast-conserving surgery, and the lapses in care took a significant toll on their health, a new study reports. [more]

Tuesday November 25, 2008 Being overweight boosts the risk of getting advanced breast cancer for older women, according to a new study. [more]

Tuesday November 25, 2008 Researchers who tracked breast cancer rates in Norwegian women proposed the controversial notion on Monday that some tumors found with mammograms might otherwise naturally disappear on their own if left undetected. [more]

Friday November 21, 2008 Latina women are almost six times more likely than white women to report great dissatisfaction and regret about their choice of breast cancer treatment, a new report says. [more]

Tuesday November 18, 2008 Scientists believe they have found out why diet and exercise affect a women's chance of breast cancer after she's past menopause, a new study says. [more]

Tuesday November 18, 2008 Many women who experience abnormal swelling of the arm or shoulder area following treatment for breast cancer – a bothersome condition called lymphedema – suffer in silence, a new survey indicates. [more]

Monday November 17, 2008 Psychological group therapy for women with breast cancer may help them not only to cope better with their disease but also live longer, U.S. researchers said. [more]

Monday November 17, 2008 If breast cancer runs in the family, women can be at high risk even if they test free of the disease's most common gene mutations, sobering new research shows. [more]

Monday November 17, 2008 Women with a particular gene mutation linked to breast cancer may further raise their risk of the disease if they smoke, a study has found. [more]

Monday November 17, 2008 After a mastectomy, wealthier women are more likely to have immediate breast reconstruction than their poorer counterparts, Johns Hopkins University researchers report. [more]

Tuesday November 11, 2008 Calcium or vitamin D supplements do not reduce the risk of invasive breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to a report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. [more]

Thursday November 06, 2008 A free online service that provides clinical trial information for women diagnosed or at risk for breast cancer was launched recently by the University of California, San Francisco, Center of Excellence for Breast Cancer Care. [more]

Thursday November 06, 2008 In a puzzling twist, women who have a history of migraine headaches are far less likely to develop breast cancer than other women. [more]

Wednesday November 05, 2008 A new review outlines potential pharmaceutical, dietary, surgical, and other approaches to reducing the risk of breast cancer among women in the United States, and examines the evidence for specific recommendations. [more]

Sunday November 02, 2008 Studies have linked obesity and breast cancer in a variety of ways. [more]

Thursday October 30, 2008 Plenty of vigorous exercise can cut a healthy, older woman's breast cancer risk by 30 percent. [more]

Wednesday October 22, 2008 The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) will honor National Breast Cancer Awareness Month during MEAC football games on October 25 and November 1 by using pink penalty flags in place of the traditional yellow flags. [more]

Tuesday October 21, 2008 Radiologists can now better distinguish malignant and benign breast masses by using three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound. [more]

Monday October 20, 2008 A mastectomy is prudent when breast cancer returns after a lumpectomy, because survival rates are better than with another lumpectomy, according to a new report. [more]

Friday October 17, 2008 Mammograms detect 80 percent to 90 percent of breast cancers in women without symptoms, and all women 40 and older should get a yearly mammogram, says the American Cancer Society (ACS). [more]

Wednesday October 01, 2008 A computer is as good as a second pair of eyes for helping a radiologist spot breast cancer on a mammogram, one of the largest and most rigorous tests of computer-aided detection found. [more]

Tuesday September 30, 2008 Determined to fast track research into help for breast cancer patients who can’t wait, Susan G. Komen for the Cure is distributing an unprecedented $100 million in grants to American and international scientists this year alone. [more]

Wednesday September 24, 2008 Young women diagnosed with a common form of early-stage breast cancer are no more likely to have recurrences than older women with the disease, a new study finds. [more]

Sunday September 21, 2008 Women who had a lumpectomy and radiation to combat breast cancer have an overall quality of life several years after treatment that's on par with most adult American women, a new report says. [more]

Sunday September 21, 2008 Women are going for breast cancer gene testing in record numbers, forcing more parents to face a tough question: Should we test the kids? [more]

Wednesday September 17, 2008 About 1 in 5 breast cancer survivors who have completed 5 years of adjuvant therapy suffer a recurrence within the 10 years after their treatment, according to a recent study. [more]

Friday September 12, 2008 The results of a new study support an interaction between severe life events, psychological distress, and breast cancer. [more]

Thursday September 04, 2008 Doctors are less likely to give black women radiation therapy after surgery to remove early-stage breast cancer than white women, adding to evidence of racial disparities in U.S. medicine. [more]

Wednesday September 03, 2008 A radioactive tracer that “lights up” cancer hiding inside dense breasts showed promise in its first big test against mammograms, revealing more tumors and giving fewer false alarms. [more]

Tuesday September 02, 2008 Dr. Marisa Weiss has witnessed a growing fear of breast cancer among young girls, as information about the disease permeates the media. She also has noticed that girls are either uninformed or misinformed about breast health. [more]

Friday August 29, 2008 Women who stay active after being diagnosed with breast cancer – and even those who take up exercise for the first time after diagnosis – have a better chance of surviving the disease. [more]

Thursday August 28, 2008 Young women who experience more than one stressful life event are at greater risk of developing breast cancer, but a general feeling of happiness and optimism may help guard against the disease. [more]

Monday August 25, 2008 Factors such as age at menopause as well as a woman’s breastfeeding practices can influence her risk of developing certain types of breast cancer. [more]

Tuesday July 22, 2008 The medical field is divided over the once-routine recommendation that women inspect their breasts monthly to detect possible cancer. [more]

Wednesday July 16, 2008 Your odds of surviving cancer depend on which country you live in. And, in the United States, it also depends on whether you're black or white, a new study finds. [more]

Wednesday July 09, 2008 A third of women who opt for breast-conserving cancer surgery say they now have an asymmetry between their breasts that greatly affects their quality of life, a new study says. [more]

Wednesday July 09, 2008 Genetic activity in breast cancer cells from younger patients could explain why tumors tend to more aggressive when they strike at a younger age. [more]

Friday July 04, 2008 Breast reconstruction after cancer surgery can have lasting benefits for women's psychological well-being and body image, a new study suggests. [more]

Tuesday June 24, 2008 For those women whose family background, genetics or other factors signal a high level of concern, a growing number of physicians are suggesting magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, which is typically the most sensitive form of screening. [more]

Tuesday June 17, 2008 Through a better understanding of factors that distinguish cancer cells from normal ones and the development of more specific treatments that capitalize on those differences, cancers that just a decade ago would have been rapidly fatal are now being controlled for years while the patients conduct near-normal lives. [more]

Wednesday June 11, 2008 The accuracy of mammography screening is affected by certain characteristics of the facility where it's performed, a U.S. study finds. [more]

Tuesday June 03, 2008 “With a Tiny Bit of Cancer, Debate on How to Proceed” – The New York Times As biopsies of the lymph nodes grow more sophisticated and sensitive, oncologists and patients face the unsettling question of what to do with a little bit of cancer. It has become a familiar debate, especially for breast cancer, with no clear answer in sight. [more]

Wednesday May 28, 2008 ABC, CBS and NBC have agreed to set aside the same hour of prime-time television on the first Friday night in September for a live, joint telethon benefiting cancer research. [more]

Tuesday May 27, 2008 More and more women are choosing to have a breast surgically removed after a breast cancer diagnosis instead of having a less- radical lumpectomy. [more]

Monday May 26, 2008 Results from a decades-long study may enable women to drink coffee or tea without worry that doing so will increase their risk for breast cancer, study findings suggest. [more]

Friday May 02, 2008 A new study confirms that doctors don't universally discuss the option of breast reconstruction with all women undergoing mastectomy. [more]

Friday May 02, 2008 Women who take an aspirin each day may reduce their risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer by 16 percent, according to the results of a large study. [more]

Wednesday April 30, 2008 Cancer survivors who eat more fruits and vegetables, stay physically active and avoid tobacco have a higher quality of life than those who don't do these things. [more]

Monday April 28, 2008 Many African-American women may overestimate the number of cancer screening tests they have had, potentially putting them at risk of late cancer detection, a small study suggests. [more]

Sunday April 27, 2008 Two common genetic variants can increase by more than 50 percent a woman's chance of having breast tumors that grow in response to the female hormone estrogen, scientists said. [more]

Tuesday April 22, 2008 Women aged 80 and older who have regular mammograms significantly reduce their chances of being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer, according to a new study. [more]

Thursday April 17, 2008 “Chemofog" – impairments in memory and in thinking, or "cognition," that have been attributed to chemotherapy – was not seen in two studies of women being treated for breast cancer. [more]

Tuesday April 15, 2008 Although the overall incidence of breast cancer dropped dramatically after millions of American women stopped using hormone-replacement therapy in 2002, that decline doesn't seem to have benefited black women. [more]

Monday March 24, 2008 Obese women, particularly white obese women, are less likely than their thinner peers to be screened for breast and cervical cancers, researchers reported. [more]

Thursday March 20, 2008 For couples coping with cancer, the physical health of the husband – as either patient or caregiver – appears particularly influenced by the wife's frame of mind, new research suggests. [more]

Tuesday March 18, 2008 Women from families who openly talk about their family history of breast cancer are more knowledgeable about genetic counseling and testing, U.S. researchers said. [more]

Monday March 17, 2008 Cruciferous vegetables may help lower the risk of developing breast cancer, particularly for women who carry a particular gene variant linked to the disease, a new study suggests. [more]

Friday March 14, 2008 Women who are overweight or obese when diagnosed with locally advanced breast cancer face a higher chance of recurrence and a shorter life expectancy than either normal or underweight patients, a new study suggests. [more]

Wednesday March 12, 2008 The fate of women with breast cancer may be determined by a “master'' gene that triggers whether tumor cells will spread throughout the body, researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California found. [more]

Wednesday March 05, 2008 Among the many unanswered questions about hormones prescribed for menopause is whether a woman’s health risks change after she stops taking the pills. A new study shows that virtually all the benefits disappear but that a slightly higher risk for breast and other cancers persists for at least three years after stopping the drugs. [more]

Wednesday March 05, 2008 Blood taken from women whose breast cancer returned showed high levels of estrogen even though many had been treated with estrogen-blocking drugs, U.S. researchers said. [more]

Wednesday February 20, 2008 Women who live in neighborhoods with large amounts of nighttime illumination are more likely to get breast cancer than those who live in areas where nocturnal darkness prevails, according to an unusual study that overlaid satellite images of Earth onto cancer registries. [more]

Monday February 18, 2008 Today, many advocacy groups and hospitals are using “coaches” to help guide cancer patients through the cancer experience. [more]

Monday February 18, 2008 According to a study by American Cancer Society researchers, the uninsured and those covered by Medicaid are more likely than those with private insurance to receive a diagnosis of cancer in late stages, a factor that can diminish chances of survival. [more]

Sunday February 17, 2008 Despite the fact that chemotherapy after breast cancer surgery increases survival rates, a new study shows that many older women are not being offered this treatment. [more]

Thursday February 14, 2008 A new study shows an increased risk of breast cancer in women with longer intervals between when they first begin to menstruate and when they first give birth. [more]

Tuesday February 12, 2008 New research shows that women with BRCA2 gene mutations can significantly reduce their risk of developing breast cancer by having their ovaries removed. [more]

Tuesday January 29, 2008 Individual surgeon characteristics, such as gender and medical training, may influence whether a women receives radiation after breast conservation cancer surgery, a U.S. study suggests. [more]

Tuesday January 29, 2008 The idea that a woman's personality traits can make her more prone to get breast cancer appears to be nothing more than a myth, according to a Dutch study that tested the notion. [more]

Thursday October 11, 2007 When breast cancer comes back, how do you cope? How many survivors get on with the business of living - and the lessons to be learned from Elizabeth Edwards' very public battle with her own recurrence. [more]

Thursday October 11, 2007 Six women from ABC News sat down to “dish advice and share experiences” about their personal battles with cancer, from how to position a wig correctly, to the importance of choosing a doctor you are comfortable with. [more]

Tuesday October 02, 2007 The American Cancer Society estimated more than 19,000 black women would be diagnosed with breast cancer this year -- the second-most common cancer among black women, surpassed only by lung cancer. [more]

Tuesday October 02, 2007 Not all breast cancers are the same. Researchers said they had identified six types of the disease, with widely differing survival rates. The finding could help doctors give more accurate prognoses to patients. [more]

Monday October 01, 2007 After a few decades of focused research and awareness campaigns, it's true that breast cancer isn't the death sentence it used to be. (The National Breast Cancer Awareness Month Website, www.nbcam.org, is listed as a resource). [more]

Thursday August 23, 2007 Women should examine their breasts regularly to detect lumps or abnormalities that could signal breast cancer. This piece includes the five basic steps of a breast self-exam. [more]

Monday August 13, 2007 A U.S. study found that African-American women have larger tumors and are more likely to have breast cancer spread to nearby lymph nodes, compared to Caucasian women. [more]

Friday August 03, 2007 Editor Fannie Flono writes about how a friend's breast cancer diagnosis sent her in search of more information and forced her to be more diligent about getting regular mammograms. Breast cancer, she writes, is a cause for concern of all women. [more]

Tuesday July 31, 2007 New research shows that MRIs spot breast cancers in high-risk women, but the technology won't replace mammography, experts stress. [more]

Wednesday July 18, 2007 Hopes that a diet low in fat and chock-full of fruits and vegetables could prevent the return of breast cancer were dashed by a recent large, seven-year government study of more than 3,000 women. [more]

Thursday June 28, 2007 New research has found that if a woman succumbs to breast cancer, her daughters or sisters have a 60 percent increased risk of dying from the disease if they develop it. [more]

Saturday June 09, 2007 A UC San Diego study tracked women who were diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer after they were treated and became cancer-free, concluding that daily lifestyle and diet play a huge role in delaying death and fending off disease. [more]

Friday May 18, 2007 African-American women in the US are less likely to get breast cancer than white women, but they're also more likely to die from it, a fact that researchers increasingly believe has at least as much to do with biology as with access to health. [more]

Wednesday May 16, 2007 A Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation-funded database that summarizes more than 900 studies on possible environmental causes of breast cancer is now available for free online at www.komen.org. [more]

Monday May 14, 2007 U.S. women are getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer at declining rates, a trend that experts fear may portend a reversal of progress against the deadly disease. [more]

Friday May 04, 2007 Report regarding the recent drop in breast cancer cases started in the late 1990s, before the plunge in hormone use that has been credited with the decline, according to researchers. [more]

Friday May 04, 2007 Reports that the decline in U.S. breast cancer cases is caused not only by fewer women using hormone replacement therapy but also by the use of mammography screening, new research suggests. [more]

Friday May 04, 2007 Study out of the University of South Carolina in Columbia finds that postmenopausal women who like barbecued and smoked meat would be wise to eat plenty of fruit and vegetables too. [more]

Thursday May 03, 2007 According to a new report from the American Cancer Society, the much-debated decline in breast-cancer cases – which many experts attributed to a drop-off in hormone use – actually started nine years ago, well before the recent hormone changes. [more]

Thursday April 05, 2007 USA Today – A debate about the need to get mammograms before age 50 is being revived, with the American College of Physicians recommending that women ages 40 to 49 first consult with doctors and weigh how beneficial breast X-rays would be for them. [more]

Saturday September 25, 2004 [more]

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Saturday August 02, 2003 [more]

Tuesday July 01, 2003 An early detection message from one of the NBCAM Board of Sponsors, Zora Brown, Founder of Breast Cancer Resource Committee. [more]

Thursday June 19, 2003 The April issue of "NABCO News" reported on the NCI session that was convened to conduct a "state of the science" research review of the interaction of reproductive
factors and breast cancer risk, develop a current consensus, and identify future research priorities. [more]

Thursday June 19, 2003 [more]

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Tuesday October 01, 2002 [more]

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Wednesday July 18, 2001 Yes. Medicare covers mammography screening every year for women age 40 and older who are Medicare recipients. Yet, few eligible women utilize this important benefit. To raise awareness of this service, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) launched a national media campaign in 1998. [more]

Monday June 25, 2001 Breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women in America. When breast cancer is detected early and treated promptly, suffering and ultimately the loss of life can be significantly reduced. [more]

Tuesday May 01, 2001 Reporters and their editors pay attention to stories about real people. Local public officials and celebrities will often draw the media to any event. But messages from real women can be just as powerful, if not more so. [more]