Breast Cancer Stories
- Washington University researchers pinpoint the genetic culprits and some actual genetic mutations responsible for susceptibility to 12 separate cancers.
- Postmenopausal women with a history of smoking and gum disease face a significantly higher risk for breast cancer development.
- From Planned Parenthood, to new cancer screening guidelines and climate change, here's what got us talking in 2015.
- Women with breast cancer may have better survival odds if they get surgery and chemotherapy more quickly, two large U.S. studies suggest.
- New research reveals the complication and economic burden local therapy options, like mastectomy plus reconstruction, have on early breast cancer patients.
- New analysis shows only 1 in 6 women at higher risk for breast cancer opt for preventive therapy, and suggest it may be a result of poor doctor-patient communication.
- False-positive mammograms indicate modest risk for subsequent breast cancer, new study suggests.
- New research suggests higher breast density on mammograms is not associated with higher risk of breast cancer.
- Women were enraged after Instagram deactivated a post-mastectomy tattoo account, stating it was too “sexually suggestive.”
- Pigeons were able to accurately decide which medical images showed malignant breast tissue.
- Cancer isn't usually something to joke about, but Nikki Martinez uses humor to deal with her disease and spread awareness.
- Breast cancer rates among African-American women match those of white women, yet rates among Asian women have increased dramatically.