BREAST CANCER BRACELETS

I have been in the breast cancer business for six and a half years. I call it ?the business? because of how it affects my life, not because of the science or medicine. In all that time I have held to the hope of a cure for breast cancer. Not a treatment, not just a [...]

Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, a preventive procedure to remove the unaffected breast in patients with disease in one breast, may only offer a survival benefit to breast cancer patients age 50 and younger, who have early stage disease and are estrogen receptor negative, according to researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Cancer is a family affair. One life may be affected but all lives are disrupted. When you talk to someone who had a mother or sister or wife or daughter that battled breast cancer, it is plain that they felt the pain of that diagnosis and the fear of loss. It is [...]

Breast cancer survivors who take aspirin regularly may be less likely to die or have their cancer return, U.S. researchers reported Tuesday.

(Mayo Clinic) Postmenopausal women, including those over 70 years old, who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, compared to premenopausal women, say researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida.

Exercise is important for breast cancer survivors. Several studies indicate that our risk of recurrence is red

(Radiological Society of North America) Annual breast cancer screening with both mammography and magnetic resonance imaging is likely to be a cost-effective way to improve life expectancy in women with an increased risk of breast cancer, according to a new study. The findings support current American Cancer Society screening recommendations.

Treat Her Like A PrincessPhoto ©Bright Sky Press Denise Hazen was diagnosed with Stage 3 breast cancer, and made a decision to stay positive. She even got in front a...

Gail McGovern, the president and chief executive of the American Red Cross, has been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer but expects to make a full recovery, she said Friday.

(George Mason University) Can a drug that has been used to treat malaria for years possibly be used to treat breast cancer before it becomes invasive? That's what researchers at George Mason University's Center for Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine and Inova Breast Care Institute are trying to prove.

(American Association for Cancer Research) Bitter melon extract inhibited breast cancer cell proliferation. Extract may be used as a dietary supplement to induce cancer cell death.

(University of Melbourne) A University of Melbourne study has revealed that certain breast cancer genetic variants increase mammographic density, confirming the link between mammographic breast density and breast cancer.

(American Association for Cancer Research) Less than a quarter of one percent of women took tamoxifen in 2000 and 2005 to prevent breast cancer.Further research is recommended to explore explanations for the drug's low use.

(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Overexpression of low-molecular-weight (LMW-E) forms of the protein cyclin E renders the aromatase inhibitor letrozole ineffective among women with estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancers, researchers from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in Clinical Cancer Research.

Women with breast cancer who take the antidepressant paroxetine at the same time as tamoxifen are at an increased risk of death, concludes a study published on bmj.com today.