A diet rich in folate can counter the risk of breast cancer caused by drinking alcohol, new research says.

The Australian study, published online in the British…

The increased risk of developing breast cancer for women who take Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is very small, researchers suggest in this week’s issue of…

Changing drug treatment for women with early breast cancer can reduce the risk of the disease recurring or spreading by up to 40 percent, Austrian researchers said…

Scientists announced on Thursday that they have pinpointed four new genes believed to be involved in the development of breast cancer.

By examining tissue from 53 breast…

Women who gain a substantial amount of weight at any age, but especially after 50, may have an increased risk of breast cancer, new study findings suggest.

Scientists have identified genes enabling breast cancer cells to spread to the lungs, a discovery that could improve diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

The set of…

In the “real-world”, the reduction in breast cancer deaths associated with screening is small and not significant from a statistical standpoint, a study shows.

Nonetheless, “I’m encouraging everyone to…

The combination of the anti-cancer drugs Herceptin and Taxotere appears to work better than Taxotere alone in women with advanced breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast, research…

Women with early breast cancer who receive higher-than-standard doses of two chemotherapy drugs (epirubicin and cyclophosphamide) as “add-on” therapy are at increased risk of subsequently developing cancer…

Throughout the 1990s, the incidence of inflammatory breast cancer - a relatively rare and aggressive form of the disease - increased and there were…

Exposure to the environmental estrogen 4-nonylphenol increases the risk of breast cancer in mice, according to a new report.

This research is another example demonstrating that estrogen-like chemicals…

A study shows that men with breast cancer are not at increased risk for relapse after mastectomy compared to women with breast cancerr and therefore…

The combination of eating too much and exercising too little appears to significantly increase the risk of breast cancer, particularly in postmenopausal women, according to a…

In a study involving 88 women at high risk of eventually developing breast cancer, only 1 agreed to take tamoxifen, a drug that can reduce the risk…

After being treated for breast cancer, women who engage in moderate exercise have more energy and feel better about their bodies than less active women, a study shows.

Women…

Nearly 9 out of 10 women overestimate how likely they are to develop breast cancer in their lifetimes, according to a new study.

In the study, a group…

Twenty percent of women would consider having both their breasts removed to reduce their odds of developing cancer, according to a survey on Monday.

More than 1,500 women around…