A recently discovered facet of the breast cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1 reveals a mechanism linking mutation of BRCA1 to formation of large blood vessels needed to support cancer…

Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a method they developed to screen body fluids for certain kinds of cells and some of their genetic blueprint is twice as…

Johns Hopkins scientists have found that a method they developed to screen body fluids for certain kinds of cells and some of their genetic blueprint is twice as…

A cluster of characteristics that include high cholesterol, obesity, high blood sugar and high blood pressure - dubbed metabolic syndrome - has been linked previously to the development of diabetes and…

Weight gain, particularly after menopause, is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer in women, according to an article in the July 12 issue of JAMA.

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The risk of developing breast cancer is doubled in women who inherit a damaged version of a gene called ATM, according to a study published by Cancer Research UK funded…

Worried that her daughters’ budding breasts would expose them to the risk of sexual harassment and even rape, their mother Philomene Moungang started ‘ironing’ the girls’ bosoms with a heated…

In what may be a significant advance for the treatment of breast cancer, researchers at Montefiore Medical Center and the Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute have discovered they…

A booster dose of radiotherapy added to regular treatment may help stop young women with very early breast cancer from progressing to a more serious form of the disease, researchers said…

A variation of a cancer-causing gene called SNP309 interacts with an anti-cancer gene, known as p53, to influence a woman’s odds of surviving breast cancer, according to a report in…

According to new research X-rays may significantly increase the risk of breast cancer in women who are genetically susceptible to the disease.

In a study of 1,600 women with high risk BRCA1…

Women with the highest levels of cadmium in their urine have more than a two-fold higher risk of breast cancer than women with the lowest levels, according to a new study. However,…

Researchers have found another breast cancer gene that can greatly raise the risk of the disease in women of European heritage, according to a report published on Monday.

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What older American women say about receiving regular mammograms and what they actually do are two different things, suggests a new study.

And unlike prior studies based on…

The subject of changing public advice over the years, mammography and the controversy over its use continue to cause confusion in the minds of many women. A new book for lay…

Breast cancer is diagnosed as having progressed to any of four stages, Stage IV being the most advanced. The stages are classified by the American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC)…

For decades, researchers have tried to understand why breast cancer in younger black women is such a significant public health problem.

Black women…

Pre-menopausal African American women have a higher prevalence of basal-like breast tumors than post-menopausal African American and non-African American women, which could contribute to their…

Raloxifene and tamoxifen are both effective in reducing the risk of invasive breast cancer, but each has potential disease and quality of life side effects…

Taking calcium and vitamin D supplements does not reduce the chances of developing breast cancer, according to findings from a U.S. study of women’s health released on Monday, but…

Women who took yoga classes during breast cancer treatment reported they could function better physically and felt better about their health, a small study released on Sunday said.

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Switching to Pfizer Inc.‘s drug Aromasin after a few years on another breast cancer treatment cut some women’s risk of dying from the disease by 17 percent in a study released…

An experimental drug added to chemotherapy slowed aggressive, late-stage breast cancers that resumed growing despite standard treatment with the drug Herceptin, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.

The drug, Tykerb, by…

Doctors in New England have discovered that patients receiving accelerated-partial breast radiation therapy using a balloon brachytherapy system after lumpectomy for breast cancer can develop seroma, the retaining of fluid, in…

A team of UK and US researchers have found that it is possible to halve the number of treatments by giving higher…