Breast Cancer News

The combination of estrogen plus progestin, which women stopped taking in droves following the news that it may increase their risk of breast cancer, may decrease their risk of colorectal cancer, according to a ...

On Tuesday, U.S. health officials proposed paying for wider use of PET scans to help doctors decide the initial course of treatment in cancer patients, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said.

The molecular details of Aromatase, the key enzyme required for the body to make estrogen, are no longer a mystery thanks to the structural biology work done by the Ghosh lab at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical ...

Main Category: Cancer / Oncology Also Included In: Biology / Biochemistry Article Date: 06 Jan 2009 Scientists found that cancer cells were able to escape the programmed cell death induced by chemotherapy once ...

The New Mexico Department of Health is launching an awareness campaign this month to encourage women to ask their doctors about getting a pap smear and mammogram to screen for breast and cervical cancer.

The following summarizes recent news coverage related to breast cancer. ~ Genetic testing: NPR's " All Things Considered " on Wednesday profiled members of a family as they decided whether to undergo genetic ...

Researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey have identified a gene associated with the poor prognosis of breast cancer, thus answering one of the biggest mysteries in cancer ...

The following page was sent to A copy was sent to your e-mail address Send Another E-mail Jan 5, 2009 7:35 pm US/Eastern CBS News Interactive: Cancer NEW YORK Every year, an estimated 1.6 million woman get ...

Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies - the painful and sometimes ...

Women with early-stage breast cancer may live longer if they maintain a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains and low-fat dairy, a new study suggests.

Some are young mothers in their 30s, others 20-somethings starting their first jobs, and on rare occasions they are even teenage girls just finishing high school.

The research is giving one East Coast woman another chance at life. Doctors say the treatment brought amazing results in just a matter of months.

A new study reveals that the metadherin gene plays a role in both cancer metastasis and resistance to chemotherapy.

A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Researchers have more clues about how obesity may lead to breast cancer. Women with higher insulin levels are nearly 50% more likely than those with low levels to develop breast cancer, according to a study ...

Susan G. Komen for the Cure has awarded Jean Johanna Latimer, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry Program at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute , a grant to develop ...

Second only to the recurrence of cancer, it is the most dreaded effect of breast cancer treatment.

UAMS scientists expect to start clinical trials as early as this spring on a new vaccine they hope will help prevent the recurrence of breast cancer.

Interview: Making his global company think locally is how Reinaldo Garcia hopes to improve medical care Reinaldo Garcia often sounds like a UN official but he isn't. He is chief executive of GE Healthcare ...

Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: MRI / PET / Ultrasound ; Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Article Date: 02 Jan 2009 - 1:00 PST A Medicare rebate for an MRI breast scan will be available to women under ...