Breast Cancer Features
- The Upside to Wearing a Wig
Wearing a wig can have a silver lining (no matter which color you choose).
- Self Care and Home Beauty Remedies to Improve Your Quality of Life During a Pandemic
Try these easy beauty, wellness and exercise tips you can try that may help alleviate some of your breast cancer symptoms.
- How Breast Cancer Really Affects Your Sex Life: Your Questions Answered
Our sexual health experts go over some common ways that breast cancer may affect your sex life and what you can do about it.
- 6 questions to ask your oncologist about breast cancer
Every woman diagnosed with breast cancer should ask her oncologist these questions.
- Loving Your Body with Breast Cancer
What Lizzo and medical oncologist, Dr. Miguel Pelayo, want you to know about loving your body with breast cancer.
- My Dog Sensed Something Was Wrong: Breast Cancer
Dogs are being trained to detect breast and other kinds of cancer in lab samples. But some sniff it out on their people at home.
- Breast Cancer-Friendly Foods Your Cat Can Eat Too
Here are 6 cancer-friendly foods for you that are also safe for your cat.
- Rock Your Breast Cancer Hair
Hair loss and regrowth are challenging side effects of cancer treatment. Learn how healthy habits and smart styling can make a big difference.
- Exercise: A New Breast Cancer 'Drug'?
If you’ve had breast cancer, you should make exercise part of your weekly routine. Here’s why.
- Gluten Free and Breast Cancer: What's the Dish?
You know food is a key way to fight breast cancer. Can a gluten-free diet help?
- I Radically Accepted My Breast Cancer. But Not This
What does “radical acceptance” mean? Here’s what it meant to a woman who’s been through breast cancer.
- I Have Breast Cancer. Here's What I Told My Boss
Breast cancer at work: How to handle whether or not to tell your boss, co-workers, and human resources department about your breast cancer diagnosis.
- Get Comfy During Breast Cancer: Feel-Good Clothes, Wigs, Scarves
Get ideas about the types of clothes that are comfy when you’re going through breast cancer treatment, and how to pick bras, wigs, scarves, or other head coverings.
- Breast Cancer Costs Add Up. Get Creative!
Get tips to manage the out-of-pocket costs you may have during breast cancer treatment.
- Best Exercises for Breast Cancer Lymphedema
These seven moves may help restore range of motion and build strength after breast cancer surgery if you have lymphedema.
- Swamped by Medical Paperwork? Get Organized!
Learn ways to organize medical information, appointment scheduling, and bills when you have breast cancer.
- Family Fun During Breast Cancer: How We Did It
Get ideas for family-friendly activities when someone in your family has breast cancer.
- Latest Breast Cancer Clinical Trials and How to Join One
Is a clinical trial for you? Learn more about ongoing breast cancer clinical trials.
- PARP Inhibitors: Exciting Option for Gene-Related Breast Cancer
Leading breast cancer researcher Jennifer Litton talks about her latest study of talazoparib, a PARP inhibitor that’s effective at treating HER2-negative breast cancer with only one pill a day.
- New Drug Targets a Breast Cancer’s Weakness
A new study found exciting results for a targeted PARP inhibitor drug that attacks a unique weakness in aggressive breast tumors. Lead researcher Andrew Tutt discusses the findings.
- How Menopause Impacts Breast Cancer Treatment
Depending on what type of cancer you have, whether or not you’ve been through menopause can affect the treatment you receive.
- Actor Rita Wilson Reflects on Surviving Cancer, COVID
Actor Rita Wilson expresses gratitude and takes nothing for granted as she reflects on surviving breast cancer and COVID-19.
- Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is more often diagnosed in White women than in other racial and ethnic groups. But the death rate is higher for Black women. Find out about these and other racial disparities in breast cancer.
- When You Choose to Stop Breast Cancer Treatment
Stopping breast cancer treatment can be a tough decision, but you don’t have to go through the process alone. Learn more about what it means and your options.
- The Emotional Side of Treatment I Wasn’t Prepared For
You think you’ve prepared yourself, but a breast cancer diagnosis -- and life with the disease -- can bring emotions you aren’t ready for. One woman shares her experience.
- What My Patients Didn't Expect During Treatment: A Nurse's Perspective
A breast cancer nurse shares the common misconceptions her patients have about their disease, and treatment.
- Making Your Advanced Breast Cancer Treatment Work for You
After 19 years of living with advanced breast cancer, Terlisa Sheppard has some words of advice for others who have it.
- The Emotional Impact of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer can bring on many emotions in people. From diagnosis to treatments, the journey may leave you feeling things you hadn't expected.
- How to Tell Friends, Family You Have Breast Cancer
Breaking the news of a breast cancer diagnosis can be tough. Get ideas about how to start the conversation with your family and friends.
- Can You Eat Pigeon Peas If You Have Breast Cancer?
Plant-based estrogens may be especially good for people who have breast cancer. And legumes called pigeons peas could have a particular benefit for your body.
- Chronic Inflammation and Breast Cancer: Is There a Link?
Could chronic inflammation lead to breast cancer? Find out what the science says.
- Breast Cancer Blogs You Need to Read
Doctors and people living with breast cancer recommend the best blogs to read, from personal stories to practical content.
- Best Breast Cancer Books
Books are a great way to understand a new diagnosis, like breast cancer. We spoke to people who have it and doctors who treat it to find out what books they would recommend.
- Does Marijuana Help With Breast Cancer?
Many people with breast cancer are turning to marijuana for help with side effects from the disease or from treatment. But does it really work?
- The Link Between Gut Health and Breast Cancer
The tens of trillions of microorganisms living and working in your gut -- called your microbiome -- may hold clues to preventing, treating, and surviving many diseases, including breast cancer.
- The Link Between Sugar and Breast Cancer
Scientists are studying the link between sugar and all forms of cancer, including breast cancer. But some research may make you rethink your sugar intake.
- CBD Oil and Breast Cancer
CBD oil can’t treat or cure breast cancer, but it may ease side effects of treatment like pain, anxiety, insomnia, nausea, and vomiting. Here’s what to know about using CBD oil for breast cancer.
- What Does It Mean to Have HER2-Positive Breast Cancer?
HER2, short for human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, describes a protein that plays a role in normal breast cell development. But in some breast cancers, the HER2 gene produces too many proteins.
- Breast Cancer Facts Doctors Might Not Tell You
When you have breast cancer, there’s a lot of information to keep track of. Here are some facts that may go unmentioned at your medical appointments.
- Embracing My Body Amid Metastatic Breast Cancer
Three women living with metastatic breast cancer share their stories.
- Mom With Breast Cancer Has Healthy Baby After Chemo
Jade Devis was just a few months pregnant when she learned she had a fast-growing type of breast cancer.
- Your Family and Stages III and IV Breast Cancer
When you have stage III or stage IV breast cancer, you may have some hard talks with your family about how you’re doing, what your options are, and what you want.
- Practical Advice for Living With Breast Cancer
How can you handle life with breast cancer? Get advice from women who have lived it.
- Soy and Breast Cancer: 5 Myths and Facts
Clear up the confusion on how this plant protein affects your breast cancer risk.
- Will My Breast Cancer Come Back?
It's a question anyone with breast cancer naturally asks: Is It gone for good or will it come back? Find out what doctors check.
- New Discoveries About Advanced Breast Cancer
The latest discoveries include new treatments, and the cancer's secrets for spreading.
- Mammogram Guidelines: FAQ
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is recommending that women who aren't at high risk of breast cancer start getting mammograms at age 50, a decade later than previously recommended. Experts answer questions about the new mammogram guidelines.
- Time for a Mammogram?
When to get a mammogram depends on some key things, from your age to your risk factors.
- Should You Be Tested for the Breast Cancer Gene?
Do you have a relative who’s had breast cancer? Find out if gene testing is right for you.
- Breast Lumps: 8 Myths and Facts
When you find a breast lump, you need to get it checked out to see if it's breast cancer or something else, like a breast cyst or fibroadenoma. Do that even if breast cancer doesn't run in your family. Find out the truth about breast lumps.