Breast Cancer News

A DOVERCOURT woman is taking part in a trek across Peru to encourage women to check for the early signs of breast cancer.

District councillor Linda Vijeh said that with reduced levels of funding in all areas, it is ever more important for local residents to take an active part in their communities.

For rats bearing human breast tumors, exposure to dim light at night made the tumors resistant to the breast cancer drug tamoxifen, according to data published in Cancer Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Inflammatory breast cancer is a relatively unheard of aggressive and fatal cancer.

Salicylic acid, modified into acetylsalicylic acid, and used as Aspirin can cure breast cancer, reveals a study conducted by Dr. Michelle Holmes from Harvard University.

Tens of thousands of breast cancer sufferers could benefit from an "innovative" new type of radiotherapy which could be delivered during surgery instead of making them take a course of treatment.

Thousands of women could benefit from intrabeam radiotherapy, in which a high dose of radiation is blasted directly into a tumour Draft guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence will today recommend those with the early stage of the disease are offered the treatment.

On Thursday, Sen. David Vitter , R-La., a leading conservative, joined with Sen. Amy Klobuchar , D-Minn., a liberal, to introduce legislation reauthorizing the 2010 EARLY Act, which has helped identify gaps in education and awareness among young women and health care providers.

Heart disease was a known factor in developing breast cancer, but now it has become clear that cholesterol also plays its part.

Members of the produce industry are working to raise awareness of women's health in advance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October.

The timing of a girl's first menstrual period may be determined by hundreds, and possibly thousands, of gene variations, a new study suggests.

Angelina Jolie's decision to have a bilateral mastectomy has led to high interest in the causes of breast cancer.

For the 6th year, Free Play , Ct's hottest party band joins forces with the Westbrook's Elks Lodge to raise money for patient care at The Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale New Haven , and the Middlesex Hospital Cancer Center .

Jackie Eades is as strong as two cancer survivors because she defeated the disease twice.

After her husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, Val's mother passed away at the age of 85. Shortly afterwards she was diagnosed herself with breast cancer but she and her husband have come through the other side after a fraught last few years and she is keen to share her experience with other sufferers.

A new study supports a growing body of research suggesting a safe and effective role for natural steroid hormones in treating postmenopausal breast cancer, with fewer detrimental side effects and improved health profile than with standard anti-hormone therapies.

Shelly Mochty , who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2013, poses with her daughter Allie along with the rest of the Genesee County 4-H Explorers group recognized with the Michigan 4-H State Award for their work in hosting a Trick or Treat Trail Ride, raising money for Lope for Hope.

"[A] clinical trial of its experimental drug blocked the return of breast cancer in women with a type of early-stage disease," reported Bloomberg's Robert Langreth.

Estrogen receptor -negative tumors represent 20-30% of all breast cancers, with a higher proportion occurring in younger women and women of African ancestry.

TWO sisters whose mum battled and survived breast cancer are raising money for the charity they say helped to save her.