Breast Cancer

Few things are as terrifying as thinking you might have breast cancer, but thanks to advances in testing and treatment, breast cancer is less deadly than ever. The good news is that breast cancer rates are dropping, and treatment is less toxic and disfiguring than it once was.

Breast Cancer Journey

There's Good News About Treatment and Survival

Breast cancer is often women's number one health worry. However, 80% of biopsies are benign. Find out more about your breast cancer risk, breast cancer symptoms, and what to expect from breast cancer screening and treatment.

Breast Cancer News

Newer Genetic Info Adds Little to Predicting Breast Cancer
Plugging certain genetic data into the standard risk-assessment model for breast cancer won’t do much to help gauge a woman’s odds for getting the disease, a new study shows.
Freezing Tumors Shows Promise Against Prostate, Breast Cancer
Researchers have succeeded in freezing away breast and prostate tumors in a small number of patients, opening a promising door to a new generation of cancer treatments.
MRIs May Detect Hidden Tumors in Breast Cancer Patients
MRI scans are more likely to turn up undiagnosed tumors in the breasts of postmenopausal women who already had cancer in their other breast, researchers report.
Breast Cancer Patients Often Confused by Genomic Testing
Doctors need to do a better job of explaining genomic test results to breast cancer patients, say U.S. researchers.
Freezing Technique May Stop Breast Cancer
Freezing breast tumors helped stop the spread of the cancer in mice, a new study has found.