Breast Cancer Stories
- Longer fasting times at night may protect women against the recurrence of breast cancer: study.
- Janice Dickinson reveals her breast cancer diagnosis, but promises to beat it.
- New study finds calcium deposits in breast tissue can predict calcium in arteries, a known risk factor for heart disease.
- At a recent conference, researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research in London explain how a drug combination worked to dramatically shrink cancer tumors in only 11 days.
- Genetic tests that estimate risk of developing diseases do not motivate people to change their behavior.
- New study questions why more women than ever before are opting to undergo preventive mastectomy.
- New research finds minimal benefit between women who undergo single and double mastectomy.
- Vitamin D deficiency in mice was linked to the spread of breast cancer tumors, a new study finds.
- Medically important genes fall within swaths of the human genome from which it is difficult to obtain accurate sequence information: study.
- More women are moving away from the breast-conserving surgery they once demanded, and experts aren't sure if this is a good thing.
- A test capable of determining how aggressively a tumor may spread would aid clinicians in forming a treatment plan.
- Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women under 40, and now genetic testing is helping shape treatment options for those affected women.