Researchers have found that the probability of the breast cancer gene mutation BRCA among women with a history of breast cancer is greater when the number of older,…

Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) breast cancer specialists are using a new way to treat patients by delivering a one-time dose of radiation during surgery. The procedure, called intraoperative radiation therapy,…

Lifestyle changes, such as exercise, might reduce the risk of breast cancer. Tamoxifen and raloxifene reduce the risk of breast cancer but have potential adverse effects and, therefore, should be…

The 3-year survival of patients with recurrent breast cancer was determined; the prognosis was progressively worse with local, regional, bone, and visceral metastases

HPV, a virus that can be transmitted by sex, may be implicated in breast and a raft of other cancers, according to a series of new research…

According to a new GfK Roper Public Affairs survey sponsored by CancerCare, a national nonprofit cancer support organization, while the majority (76 percent) of women…

By uncovering how one breast cancer drug protects the heart and another does not, Duke University Medical Center researchers believe they may have opened up a new way…

Women with breast cancer who receive higher doses of radiation with IMRT each day can reduce their treatment time by two weeks without increasing side effects, according to…

Women who consume higher amounts of calcium and vitamin D may have a lower risk of developing premenopausal breast cancer, according to a…

Researchers at the Abramson Family Cancer Research Institute of the University of Pennsylvania and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describe in this week’s issue of Science a new candidate…

Chemical “relaxers” used to straighten hair are not associated with an increased risk of developing breast cancer among African-American women, say researchers who followed 48,167 Black…

According to researchers at Boston University’s Slone Epidemiology Center, hair relaxers are not associated with increased risk of breast cancer in black women. The findings will be published in the May…

U.S. women are getting mammograms to screen for breast cancer at declining rates, according to a study describing a trend that experts fear may portend a reversal of progress…

While breast cancer is far more common in women than in men, men may be more likely to die from early-stage breast tumors, a new study suggests.

Male breast…

Even before women with breast cancer undergo chemotherapy, they experience fatigue and disruptions in sleep and activity levels, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska Medical…

In breast cancer survivors, the Iyengar method of yoga not only promotes psychological well-being, but seems to offer immune system benefits as well, according to research reported Monday…

Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs help prevent heart attacks and may offer other health benefits, but contrary to what some people think they do not prevent cancer, a new study indicates.

The results…

This month The American Journal of Pathology highlights the influence of the cellular microenvironment on breast cancer by promoting three articles from the current issue. These articles describe advances…

Since 1990, the overall breast cancer death rates in the United States have decreased by about 24 percent, researchers report in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

While the rates…

Women with a family history of breast cancer who undergo genetic risk screening worry less about the disease afterwards and show improvements in their psychological well being, a new review…

The sharp decline in the rate of new breast cancer cases in 2003 may be related to a national decline in the use…

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified an important gene involved in the spread of breast cancer that has developed resistance to long-term…

Since recent medical findings have revealed that some families have increased breast cancer risk, a number of people are turning to cancer genetic services to learn more.…

Breastfeeding may offer broad protection against breast cancer that extends to women who delay having children, according to a study released on Monday.

Previous studies have shown that giving birth before…

Women can encounter environmental factors that increase their risk of breast cancer at various periods of their physical development, beginning before birth…