Breast Cancer News

Terry Joyer, 57, a breast cancer survivor, wears a badge of her daughter, Lea Joyer-Christiansen, 38, also a cancer survivor, at the 2011 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Portland event.

The Basil family donated a Ford Club Wagon to the Erie County Medical Center on Monday.

Pulling Down the Moon, a facility that pioneered integrative care for fertility and has been in partnership with medical doctors for 12 years, has opened a new fertility and general health care holistic center in downtown Highland Park.

UT Arlington biochemists say their newly published study brings researchers a step closer to understanding how the commonly used synthetic compound bisphenol-A, or BPA, may promote breast cancer growth.

Professor Mark Lawler said a high proportion of older women with a certain form of breast cancer receive less chemotherapy than their younger counterparts A high proportion of older women with a certain form of breast cancer receive less chemotherapy than their younger counterparts, Professor Mark Lawler from Queen's University Belfast said.

A method called molecular subtyping can help doctors better determine which of their breast cancer patients are at high risk of getting breast cancer again, a new study led by the University of South Florida reports.

A former Perth doctor at a WA breast imaging clinic has been found to have misled women about the effectiveness of their alternative breast check techniques.

Using a pair of loans totalling $675,000 from Gulf Coast Community Foundation, The Center acquired Brides Against Breast Cancer, which sells donated wedding gowns nationwide.

The Making Strides Breakfast was held this morning at The South in downtown Jackson.

Many breast cancer survivors experience fatigue and other debilitating symptoms that persist months to years after their course of treatment has ended.

Amy Streeter, 32, left, with personal shoppers Jenny Goodwin and Rebecca Morgan.

According to information available on the Tata Memorial Hospital's website worldwide, breast cancer is the most common of all cancers and is the leading cause of cancer deaths.

Exercise might help women beat breast cancer. Researchers found it can ease the achy joints and muscle pain that lead many patients to quit taking medicines that treat the disease and lower the risk of a recurrence.

We may soon be able to obtain easy and early diagnoses of diseases by smell. This week researchers found one odour-sniffing machine was as good as a mammogram at detecting breast cancer - and many other devices capable of spotting other diseases may be on the way.

Distressed breast cancer patients are furious to discover insurers will pay only a fraction of breast reconstruction costs because the procedure is considered non-essential Instead, the single mother of two has been "devastated" by an $11,500 debt she can't pay, money her insurance company refuses to refund for her breast reconstruction.

VuCOMP, Inc. announced today that it has installed both of its mammography image analysis products -- M-Vu Breast Density and M-Vu CAD -- throughout Baptist Health imaging centers in Jacksonville, Florida.

While White women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, Black women are more likely to die from it, according to a new report which found large and growing disparities in breast cancer mortality rates in the U.S. and many of its largest cities over the last two decades.

After getting diagnosed with breast cancer last fall - a devastating surprise, which came as the result of an on-air mammogram - ABC news correspondent Amy Robach has been juggling work, family, appearances and her grueling treatments.

Breast cancer patients with high levels of vitamin D in their blood may be more likely to survive the disease compared to women lacking the nutrient, a new study reports.

The 49-year-old mum from Bearsden will join a team of dancers on Buchanan Street today to perform Race for Life's Cancer Slam.