Identifying the Optimal Breast Cancer Screening Interval
A meta-analysis of data from randomized clinical trials into breast cancer screening showed that women aged 50 to 70 years invited to...
New Method Combines X-rays with Harmless Red Light for Improved Breast Cancer Diagnosis
A new advance in optical mammography, coupling harmless red or infrared light with X-rays, increases the sensitivity of the approach for...
Researchers See Uptick in Size of Breast Cancer Tumors at Diagnosis
Researchers say the size of breast tumors at diagnosis has decreased since routine screening came along, but they’re getting bigger....
How 23andMe Quelled FDA Concerns About DTC Breast Cancer Gene Test
When the FDA approved 23andMe’s direct-to-consumer test for some BRCA1/BRCA2 gene mutations on March 6, it did so with caveats. The test,...
Study Reveals a Strategy to Reduce Heart Damage Linked to the Breast Cancer Drug Herceptin
Breast cancer patients who take either of two heart medicines while undergoing treatment with Herceptin (trastuzumab) were not protected...
FDA OKs First At-home Genetic Test for Breast Cancer Risk
U.S. regulators have approved the first genetic test a woman can take at home to check her risk of developing breast cancer — but its...
Twenty-four previously unknown mutations that raise a woman's risk of developing breast cancer h
Twenty-four previously unknown mutations that raise a woman's risk of developing breast cancer have been identified by scientists. The...
What’s the Financial Cost of Breast Cancer?
No one ever wants to hear the words "you have breast cancer," but the American Cancer Society estimates more than 266,000 Americans are...
Breast Cancer Breakthrough May Have Been Found In Connecticut
...She said she went looking for new early indicators of an increased risk and and she may have found one by doing complex genetic aging...
Breast Cancer Treatments Can Increase Risk of Heart Disease
Some treatments for breast cancer can harm your heart. And heart disease is the number one cause of death for women in the United States....
