Breast Cancer News & Features
- Breast Cancer Survivor Martha Avila-Adame Finishes the Great Alabama 650 Race
Breast cancer survivor Martha Avila-Adame inspires others by finishing the Great Alabama 650 paddling race.
- How to Manage Fat Intake When You Have Cancer
Different ways to manage your fat intake when you have cancer.
- How to Manage Lymphedema
Lymphedema can't be cured, but you can use these methods to manage the symptoms.
- Considerations for Enrolling in a Clinical Trial
Considering enrolling in a clinical trial? Here's what you need to know.
- Finding Support in Unexpected Places
When I developed cancer, I didn't get support from the expected places, but I found it elsewhere.
- Your Chemo Appointment Care Kit
Before you go for your chemo appointment, print off this treatment checklist.
- How Do You Feel About Being Called a Breast Cancer Warrior?
Do you like the term breast cancer warrior or not?
- Breast Cancer Survivor Creates App to Guide Self-Exams
Learn about the breast exam app created by a survivor.
- What to Know About COVID and Breast Cancer
Learn how to prevent COVID while getting treatment for breast cancer.
- Staying Optimistic During Breast Cancer Treatment
Learn how to keep an optimistic outlook during breast cancer treatment.
- How to Manage Mouth Sores From Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy can cause mouth sores. Learn how to deal with them.
- Does abdominal fat affect outcomes for Black breast cancer survivors?
New research links abdominal fat with higher risk of death for Black breast cancer survivors.
- Male Breast Cancer Patient Saved Lives While Losing the Battle for His Own
Male breast cancer patient Matt Bowman lost his fight against terminal cancer. But before he died, he battled fiercely to spread awareness of male breast cancer.
- New Breast Cancer Drug Enhertu Could Be a Game-Changer
Everything you need to know about AztraZeneca's new breast cancer drug Enhertu.
- 3 Great Yoga Moves to Do After Breast Cancer Treatment
Yoga has shown multiple health benefits for cancer patients. Learn three great yoga moves you can do after breast cancer treatment.
- How to Manage Chemo Fatigue
Chemo fatigue is a common side effect of chemotherapy for cancer patients. Here are several steps you can take to manage the condition.
- Are the New Immunotherapies Right for You?
Is immunotherapy right for you? Learn more about the treatment, risks and benefits.
- What Shannen Doherty Wants You to Know About Breast Cancer
The "Beverly Hills 90210" and "Charmed" star shares stark photos from her breast cancer treatment on social media.
- Christina Applegate Shares Her Breast Cancer Journey
Learn more about celebrity and activist Christina Applegate's breast cancer journey and preventative double mastectomy.
- New Drug Combo for Aggressive Breast Cancer
Everything you need to know about Enhertru therapy, a new drug combo for treating aggressive breast cancer.
- Exercises for Lymphedema
Learn 3 exercises you can do to manage lymphedema and improve symptoms.
- What to Expect During Your First Chemo Treatment
Find out what you can expect before your first chemo treatment from getting there early to heading home.
- 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.