Features Related to Breast Cancer

1. The Latest in Breast Cancer Detection
   

   There is more hope for better diagnosing breast cancer thanks to new technologies. Advances in screening technologies -- including digital mammograms -- combined with a better understanding of who is at highest risk means doctors are able to find cancers earlier -- and prevent more women from dying.

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2. You Found a Breast Lump: What Happens Now?
   

   You wake up feeling fine. You grab your morning coffee -- and maybe a doughnut -- and head for the shower. But not more than five minutes pass when suddenly you get a shock. What's different? You find a lump in your breast. And even though studies show up to 80% of all breast lumps are harmless, you

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3. Who Gets Breast Cancer and Who Survives?
   

   By Hallie Levine Sklar Young Women Who Get Breast Cancer Are More Likely to Die Women who are diagnosed with breast cancer before age 40 have slightly poorer prognoses than older women: Their five-year survival rate is about 82 percent, compared with 85 percent among women ages 40 to 74, according t

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4. Your Healthy Breast To-Do List
   

   By Ginny Graves You know you should have your ob-gyn check your breasts during your annual exam, but what else can you do to boost your breast health? Plenty. Start with these five strategies. Set an easy-to-remember day aside to do a self-exam, such as the first of every month. A how-to: Stand faci

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5. The Good News About Breast Cancer
   

   By Ginny Graves When you ask women which health problem they fear most, the overwhelming answer is breast cancer, according to a poll by the Society for Women’s Health Research. And who can blame us for being scared? The disease claims more than 40,000 lives every year, and the odds—one in eight wom

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6. Fight Breast Cancer at Every Meal
   

   By Ginny Graves A healthy diet is as important for your breasts as it is for the rest of your body. These seven strategies may help ward off the disease. Fruits and vegetables contain powerful antioxidants that help protect against all forms of cancer. Plus, they’re low in calories, so loading up on

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7. Breast Cancer's Relationship Toll
   

   For many women, the diagnosis of breast cancer represents not only a major physical battle, but also the ultimate emotional challenge -- one that affects every relationship in our life.  Indeed, from friendships to romance, from being a parent to being a daughter, the way you relate to everyone -- a

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8. Breast Cancer Recurrence: What You Should Know
   

   Elyse Caplan remembers it well, that first conversation with her oncologist. She had just been diagnosed with stage IIB breast cancer, and they were discussing the game plan for treatment. If her oncologist mentioned "recurrence" -- the possibility that her cancer could return -- it was lost on her,

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9. Life Support
   

   By Kelly Corrigan 5 ways to help a friend with cancer - even if it scares the crap out of you. I bet you know me. I'm the friend who bought you a really funny birthday card, but when your big day came around I couldn't find it, so I whipped off an e-mail instead. Oh, and when you called, I meant to

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10. I'm Finally Whole Again
    

    By Betsy Carter After cancer, I felt like a collection of stitches, staples, and medical devices. But I put myself back together with love, exercise, and dog slobber. When I was diagnosed with breast cancer 14 years ago, the illness came on fast. One day there was a lump in my left breast; the next,

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