Breast Cancer News & Features
- 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.
- Preventive Double Mastectomy: FAQ
Preventative double mastectomy (also called prophylactic double mastectomy) is surgery to remove both breasts to try to prevent breast cancer. Who gets a prophylactic mastectomy, why, and what are the risks and benefits? Read about the reasons some women consider this surgery to prevent breast cancer before it starts.
- 10 Mammogram Myths and Facts
Afraid of an abnormal mammogram? Think you're not at risk for breast cancer? WebMD explains why mammogram benefits outweigh these and other excuses.
- When Breast Cancer Spreads
If it's "metastatic," it could affect what treatment you need.
- Your Treatment Options for Advanced Breast Cancer
Will you need surgery, chemo. radiation, or other treatments?
- My WebMD: Caring for a Spouse with Cancer
How Dave Balch learned to care for his wife through several bouts of cancer – and also care for himself.
- Patty Jenkins' ‘Pearl’ Spotlights the Personal Side of Breast Cancer
Director Patty Jenkins' new short film, which helped her heal from the loss of a dear friend, is part of Lifetime's innovative anthology.
- Antiperspirant Safety: Should You Sweat It?
If you’ve heard the hype about deodorant dangers, you might be worried about your antiperspirant of choice. WebMD explains the facts about these rumors and where the rumors originated.
- 5 Things Young Women Must Know About Breast Cancer
Just a few months before she learned that she had breast cancer, Christina Applegate got a shocking insight into the struggles faced by other young women who are also at high risk for the disease -- and who don’t have the resources of a Hollywood celebrity.
- Christina Applegate Seeks Early Detection for Breast Cancer
Inspired by her own battle with cancer, the actress fights to help young women at high risk for the disease.
- Me and the Girls: Mary Manasco
Breast cancer survivor Mary Manasco, 59, talks about her lumpectomy, double mastectomy, and other breast cancer treatment.
- Me and the Girls: Tammy Joyner
Breast cancer survivor Tammy Joyner talks about getting her breast cancer diagnosed, having a mastectomy, and starting breast reconstruction.
- Me and the Girls: Diane Morgan
Breast cancer survivor Diane Morgan, 71, talks about her breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Me and the Girls: Zunilda Guzman
Breast cancer survivor Zunilda Guzman talks about her breast cancer diagnosis, surgery, and treatment.
- Me and the Girls: Ilene Smith
Breast cancer survivor Ilene Smith talks about her diagnosis and lumpectomy.
- Me and the Girls: Jennifer Mukai
Breast cancer survivor Jennifer Mukai talks about deciding to get a double mastectomy instead of a lumpectomy.
- Man's Guide to Breast Cancer
John W. Anderson has stood by his mother, wife, sister, and his mom's closest friend as they battled breast cancer. His new book, Stand by Her: A Breast Cancer Guide for Men, details these experiences, and all that he learned by being on the frontlines of this battle with four of the most important women in his life.
- Me and the Girls: Erica Seymore
Breast cancer survivor Erica Seymore, 34, talks about her inflammatory breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Me and the Girls
Nearly 200,000 women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year. WebMD features the stories of nine breast cancer survivors, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
- Me and the Girls: Jenee Bobbora
Breast cancer survivor Jenee Bobbora talks about the diagnosis and treatment of iher nflammatory bresat cancer.
- Q&A With Chandra Wilson
Actor Chandra Wilson talks about cancer, Denim Day, and self-care.
- Who Gets Breast Cancer and Who Survives?
When it comes to breast cancer, who’s at risk? And what are their chances of survival?
- Breast Cancer's Relationship Toll
Any major illness can strain close relationships. But for women with breast cancer, it can be an especially difficult emotional challenge.
- Breast Cancer Recurrence: What You Should Know
When women quit breast cancer treatment early, they take a big risk.
- How to Cope When Breast Cancer Returns
WebMD reports on how the many breast cancer survivors get on with the business of living -- and the lessons to be learned from first-wife hopeful Elizabeth Edwards' very public battle with her own recurrence.
- Women’s Cancer Q&A: Advances in Care
WebMD’s women's cancer expert Harold J. Burstein talks to WebMD' chief medical editor about treatment advances, research breakthroughs, and the prognosis for the future.
- FDA Panel OKs Evista for Breast Cancer
July 23, 2007 — An expert panel gave its OK for expanded use of the osteoporosis drug Evista, telling the FDA that the drug appears effective in preventing some breast cancer.
- New Ways to Treat Breast Cancer
Experts explain how a new generation of drugs and treatment options gives patients new hope in the fight against breast cancer.
- Celebrity Breast Cancer Fund-Raising
Celebrities are increasingly embracing all types of health-related causes, but breast cancer seems to attract more celebrities than many others.