Breast Cancer News

One in two. That's about how many women today have dense tissue in their breasts.

Patients with luminal HER2-negative tumours have a favourable prognosis. However, there is a subpopulation in which poorer outcomes are obtained with endocrine therapy alone.

The news that Intrabeam, the revolutionary one dose, one time treatment for early-stage breast cancer is being made available to women in the UK by Britain's national health service has been welcomed by New Zealand breast cancer organisations.

No one expects to get cancer. No one expects to get cancer when they are 41 and relatively healthy.

There should be subsidized mass breast cancer screening in light of new, less painful 3D mammography that gives lower false- positives, radiologists say.

Years ago, journalists who had breast cancer fought with words to inform other women with breast cancer that, in many cases, they didn't need a mastectomy.

The Upstate Cancer Center is launching a new program designed to increase the number of mammogram cancer screenings among African-American women.

The grant will fund a two-year project to study the mechanisms behind hereditary breast cancer related to the BRCA1 gene.

A Sheffield cancer expert has given a cautious welcome to a new breast cancer treatment which promises to replace long radiotherapy sessions with a single, targeted shot.

Western medicine is so aggressive and cut-throat that even the idea of prevention has been skewed to the point of chopping off and cutting out body parts for "preventing" cancer that isn't even there.

The American Cancer Society announced on Monday that Amy Robach, news anchor for ABC's Good Morning America and University of Georgia alum, will be the featured speaker at its fifth annual Suits & Sneakers gala on Aug. 16 at Stegeman Coliseum.

The legislation passed by the General Assembly requires that each mammogram report include a notification to the patient of any finding of dense breast tissue and a suggestion that additional screening may be beneficial to some.

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THREE thousand women have taken part in Wirral's Race For Life in Birkenhead Park today, raising more than A 160,000 for Cancer Research UK.

ATLANTA, GA Amoena, the world's leading breast care brand, announces its breast cancer awareness initiatives for the month of October, which directly give back to the community it's committed to serving.

While many industry watchers expect Pfizer to re-engage with Britain's AstraZeneca in coming months, some say the U.S. drugmaker should consider targets more focussed on biotechnology, a strategy that has paid off for Merck & Co Although Pfizer is conducting trials of promising products - including breast cancer drug palbociclib and vaccines ... (more)

Volunteer drivers from all across the nation, mostly consisting of retired or active firefighters, have been traveling throughout the county since June, driving for hope.

Divine Threading recently celebrated the opening of their second store on West Sahara Avenue.

Westport residents Patty Kondub and Mary Heery join hands with health and wellness professionals from the Y's of Westport/Weston, New Canaan, Darien and Wilton, to mark $1,000 donations from SpinOdyssey to each of the Y's to support their cancer exercise survivor programs.