Breast Cancer News & Features

A new study found that a majority of breast cancer patients -- 74% -- who had opted to "go flat" were satisfied with the outcome.

Doctors and people living with breast cancer recommend the best blogs to read, from personal stories to practical content.

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.

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

Obesity is a known risk factor for several types of cancer, and decades of rising rates of obesity in the United States have contributed to climbing breast cancer rates greater in Black women than white women.

Three women living with metastatic breast cancer share how they learned to embrace their diagnosis, accept the changes in their body, and boost their self-esteem.

The actor, known for roles in movies like Jerry Maguire and For the Love of the Game, died of breast cancer, her husband said.

A cutting-edge "lab-on-a-chip" has shown promise in detecting early breast cancers and tumors that have developed in other parts of the body.

The researchers said that as many as one in 40 postmenopausal women with breast cancer before age 65 has a mutation in the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes.

The study found that for women with "triple-negative" breast cancer, adding Keytruda to standard chemotherapy improved their odds of responding.

Doherty, 48, first revealed she had breast cancer in 2015 and provided updates about her battle with the disease and its remission on social media, the AP reported.

The goal of dense breast notifications is to spur a conversation between a woman and her health care provider. The provider can let a woman know how having dense breast tissue affects her personal risk of breast cancer or detecting it.

In the new study, researchers found that among breast cancer patients who died five to 10 years after their diagnosis, only 38% of deaths were caused by the disease.

Aspirin's protective effect appears particularly pronounced among people who are overweight -- those with a body mass index of 25 to 29.9, the results show.

Researchers analyzed data from nearly 47,000 U.S. women, followed for an average of more than eight years as part of the federally funded Sisters Study. All of the women had a sister who'd been diagnosed with breast cancer, but they didn't have breast cancer themselves at the start of the study.

Researchers found that among 232 breast cancer patients at their hospital, those who'd undergone mammography screening every two years tended to have more advanced tumors: Of those 32 women, 44% were diagnosed with stage 2 or later cancer, versus 24% of patients who'd undergone annual screening.

Overall, higher levels of mindfulness were associated with less pain, fatigue, anxiety, depression and sleep disturbance, according to the study published Nov. 8 in the journal Psycho-Oncology.

Jade Devis was just a few months pregnant when she learned she had a fast-growing type of breast cancer.

One U.S. breast cancer expert was encouraged by the findings, but agreed there's still a long way to go before blood tests replace mammograms in breast cancer detection.

In 2017, the FDA warned health care providers and thermography device makers not to mislead people into believing thermal imaging could take the place of a mammogram.