Breast Cancer News

Members of the breast cancer team are, left to right, Dr Nick Ridley, director of radiology, receptionist Pam Durston, breast cancer manager Suzie Ferrari, imaging assistant Anne Fullerton, and consultant breast surgeon Nathan Coombs PIONEERING breast cancer treatment will be available to up to 150 women with any type of tumour and of any age ... (more)

As the fourth annual Leftapalooza benefit prepares to kick off Aug. 2, one of the fundraiser's founders remembers her struggle to get it off the ground.

Alan Auerbach specializes in testing drugs that Big Pharma doesn't want anymore, and that has made him a billionaire.

New research shows how light and dark could mean the difference between life and death for some breast cancer patients.

This year at Colombia Moda there was a special runway show called Modo Rosa or "Pink Style".

Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have devised a way of understanding how gene networks are rewired as normal breast cells turn malignant.

Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists have devised a way of understanding how gene networks are rewired as normal breast cells turn malignant.

On this Sunday's Botched , we meet a breast cancer survivor named Cynthia, whose previous single mastectomy and reconstruction went completely wrong.

In addition to the trial's primary endpoint of PFS, secondary endpoints included overall survival, the time to progression, the overall response rate, the disease control rate, the duration of response, patient-reported quality of life, and safety.

Thinking pink: Lincoln women with breast cancer will be offered at least three years of free Pilates classes after a generous donation.

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.