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• Breast Ultrasounds Spot More Cancers

Adding ultrasound to annual mammograms improves the detection of early-stage breast cancer in women who are at high risk for the disease, researchers say....

• Breast-Conserving Therapy Gets Boost for Younger Women

Younger women with early breast cancer who have breast-conserving surgery do just as well as those who undergo mastectomy, two new studies suggest....

• Breast-Conserving Therapy Gets Boost for Younger Women

Younger women with early breast cancer who have breast-conserving surgery do just as well as those who undergo mastectomy, two new studies suggest....

• Lymph Node Removal Not Needed for Breast Cancer Patients

Many women being treated for early breast cancer can keep the lymph nodes under their arms without fear that it will hurt their chances of survival or increase the odds that their cancer will return, experts say....

• What Do Oktoberfest, Breast Cancer, Popcorn and Halloween Have in Common?

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Popcorn Popping Month, Energy Awareness Month and, of course, Oktoberfest, which is a celebration of German heritage. Each topic offers opportunities for sustaining healthy life choices....

• Are Breasts Budding in Your Family? Time to Teach Your Teen the Monthly Self-Check

October is breast cancer awareness month, and this makes it a good time to remind everyone that teen girls should begin making monthly breast self-exams a habit now. "We think it's important to educate young ladies early and for them to get to know their bodies early," says Melanie Barr Fitzpatrick, community education program manager for the Houston affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Foundation....

• Chemo During Pregnancy OK

Pregnant women who have breast cancer shouldn’t delay chemotherapy or schedule an early delivery to avoid exposing the baby to the drugs, doctors say....

• Dense Breasts Linked to Breast Cancer Return

Women with an early form of breast cancer are at higher risk for recurrence if their breast tissue appears dense on mammograms, a study shows....

• Breast Cancer Drug Eribulin Extends Survival

The new breast cancer drug eribulin (Halaven) extends survival two and a half months longer than other therapies for advanced breast cancer, researchers report....

• Surgery Improves Late-Stage Breast Cancer

Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed late, when it has already spread to other parts of the body, live about a year and a half longer if their breast tumor is surgically removed, researchers report....

• Breast Cancer Survival: Femara Better Than Tamoxifen

Older women with early breast cancers have fewer recurrences and significantly longer survival times when they take the aromatase inhibitor Femara (letrozole) instead of tamoxifen, a long-term follow-up study shows....

• Breast Cancer Awareness And The Economy

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, October, is almost upon us. It is a time to bring a heightened sense of awareness about this horrendous disease which affects millions of families each year. What can you do to change the life of a friend, relative, or stranger....

• Is Chemo the Cause of Mental Fog After Breast Cancer?

The mental fog many breast cancer survivors complain of after treatment may be due to actual changes in their brains, whether or not they had chemotherapy, a study suggests....

• Women Who Smoke May Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Smoking early in life may raise a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer, according to research that adds new evidence on the link between cigarettes and breast cancer....

• Screening for Ovarian Cancer Saves Few Lives

Like breast cancer, the survival rate for ovarian cancer can be high when the disease is detected early, before it spreads....

• Too Many Mastectomies? Maybe Not

Doctors recommend breast-conserving surgery for 3 in 4 women with early breast cancer. Second opinions rarely differ, so surgeon advice doesn't raise mastectomy rates....

• Breast Cancer Patients Can Be Spared Extra Surgery

For many women with early-stage breast cancer, removing more than just the sentinel lymph nodes may be unnecessary -- even if cancer cells are found....

• Breast Cancer Survivors May Face Early Hip Fracture Risk

Certain breast cancer treatments appear to raise the risk for hip fractures among middle-aged women....

• Breast Cancer Survivors May Face Early Hip Fracture Risk

Certain breast cancer treatments appear to raise the risk for hip fractures among middle-aged women....

• Worry About Breast Cancer Return Is Common

The odds of survival for a woman treated for early-stage breast cancer are good, but many survivors worry about recurrence and communication difficulties appear to be a major contributor to this concern, a study shows....

• Less Toxic Treatment for Aggressive Breast Cancers?

A new study shows that a shorter, less toxic chemotherapy regimen that includes the drug Herceptin appears to be just as effective in women with HER-2 positive breast cancer as using a standard three-drug therapy with Herceptin, a strategy that can be harder on the heart....

• Pregnancy Does Not Boost Breast Cancer Recurrence

Despite fears to the contrary, women who get pregnant after receiving radiation treatment for early breast cancer are not at increased risk of having their cancer come back, a new study suggests....

• Quick Radiation Works for Breast Cancer

A shorter, cheaper, and more convenient three-week course of radiation appears to work just as well as the traditional six-week schedule for some women with early-stage breast cancer, a new study suggests....

• Breast-Conserving Therapy Better Than Mastectomy?

In a surprising finding, a large study suggests that women with early breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving therapy live longer than those who have a mastectomy....

• Breast-Conserving Therapy Better Than Mastectomy?

In a surprising finding, a large study suggests that women with early breast cancer who undergo breast-conserving therapy live longer than those who have a mastectomy....

• Study: Give Herceptin at Same Time as Chemo

Researchers report that the breast cancer drug Herceptin should be given at the same time as chemotherapy, not after chemotherapy is concluded....

• Breast Cancer Recurrence: Younger Women at Higher Risk

A study of nearly 600 younger women with a very early stage of breast cancer suggests those under age 45 are at higher risk of recurrence....

• Breast Cancer Study Could Change Treatment

Doctors might one day be able to predict survival more accurately in women with breast cancer after reclassifying the disease into 10 new categories based on the genetic fingerprint of a tumor....