Breast Cancer News

WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4, 2013 -- Breast cancer patients who have mammograms every 12 to 18 months have less chance of lymph node involvement than those who wait longer, therefore improving their outlook, according to an early new study.

A recently discovered, aggressive strain of HIV leads to faster development of AIDS than other HIV strains, according to a new study.

A recently discovered, aggressive strain of HIV leads to faster development of AIDS than other HIV strains, according to a new study.

It was, she says, "like a scene out of a movie." Amy Robach recalls how her heart was pounding as a radiologist asked her if she was prepared to receive the results of a biopsy for breast cancer.

PRE: A pre-treatment transverse MR image obtained with perfusion technique shows an enhancing lesion of 1.2 cm in the upper quadrants of the right breast; the lesion shows with irregular margin and appears color-coded in red due to the wash-out pattern .

Scientists say they're encouraged by the results of a new non-invasive treatment for breast cancer.

The New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation is set to receive more than $12,000 thanks to bed manufacturer Sealy NZ and four renowned local creatives.

A drug used to treat advanced breast and colorectal cancers has been linked to potentially fatal skin reactions in some patients, says the medication's manufacturer in an advisory from Health Canada.

Barts Cancer Institute has discovered how to identify potentially aggressive cells in a certain type of breast cancer which affects thousands of people every year.

SAYEGH DIAGNOSIS MAMMOGRAPHY, THOUGH IT'S NOT PERFECT, IS CONSIDERED A VITAL TOOL.

A newer form of mammogram may do a better job of finding cancer, a study finds. But the technology is still too untested to know if it's going to be useful for most women or even to know for sure who might benefit.

Of all the difficult conversations parents have to have with their kids, one of the most difficult might be the one that goes like this: "Mommy has a serious disease.

A byproduct of cholesterol functions like the hormone estrogen to fuel the growth and spread of the most common types of breast cancers, researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute report.

They also have something else in common: breast cancer. The threat that is the No.

Husband and wife physicians Charlie and Sandra Gatt frequently talked shop and compared notes.

If that hadn't been enough, he was also given just 18 months to live, after doctors thought he had contracted a rare form of the disease.

About 1 in 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.

Automated breast density measurement is predictive of breast cancer risk in younger women, and that risk may be related to the rate at which breast density changes in some women as they age, according to research being presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America .

A newly discovered biomarker could help doctors identify abnormal but harmless breast cells that are destined to develop into deadly tumours.

High cholesterol could fuel the growth and spread of breast cancer, while a high-fat diet during puberty may also speed up development of the cancer, according to two new studies.