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

Mammograms Can Save Lives of Women in Their 40s: Study
By Kathleen DohenyHealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, Feb. 22 (HealthDay News) — Breast cancers in women aged 40 to 49 that are diagnosed by mammograms have a better prognosis than those detected by doctors or the women themselves, a new study indicates. “They have an earlier diagnosis, earlier stage, better prognosis,” said study author Judith Malmgren, an affiliated professor [...]
Female Cancer Survivors Report Worse Health Habits: Survey
MONDAY, Feb. 20 (HealthDay News) — Female cancer survivors are more likely to smoke and have other unhealthy behaviors than women who have never had cancer, a new study finds. Researchers compared nearly 20,000 women ageD 35 and older with no history of cancer to more than 2,700 female cancer survivors. Both groups were undergoing mammography [...]
Psychotherapy May Ease Hot Flashes After Breast Cancer
By Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 14 (HealthDay News) — After breast cancer treatment, many women suffer from hot flashes and night sweats, but a type of “talk therapy” might relieve these symptoms for some women, British researchers suggest. In a new study, women who received this form of psychotherapy, known as cognitive behavioral therapy, had reduced [...]
Breast Cancer Drug May Weaken Bones, Study Finds
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — A drug used to prevent breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease appears to cause bone loss in some postmenopausal women, a new study finds. The drug, Aromasin (exemestane), has been shown to reduce the odds of breast cancer by 65 percent, but it [...]
Risk of Death From Certain Breast Cancers May Rise With Age
By Serena GordonHealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) — The risk of dying from a hormone receptor-positive breast cancer increases with age, according to new research. And one reason might be that older women with breast cancer are undertreated compared to their younger peers. For women between the ages of 65 and 74, the risk [...]