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• 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 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....

• Radiation Plus Surgery Cuts Risk of Breast Cancer Return

New research shows that adding radiation therapy to breast-conserving surgery halves the chance that cancer will come back and reduces the risk of dying from breast cancer, when compared to the breast-conserving surgery alone....

• 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....

• Women Weigh in on Breast-Conserving Surgery

Fewer women are satisfied with the appearance of their breast after undergoing breast-conservation surgery and radiation than previously reported by physicians....

• 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....

• Radiation Cuts Risk of Breast Cancer Return

Radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery cuts the risk of breast cancer returning or the risk of dying from the disease even more than doctors thought, 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 Deaths Drop Again

Breast cancer death rates continue to drop by 2% a year. Despite the decline, African-American women die of breast cancer 40% more often than white women....

• Why Some Breast Cancer Patients Forgo Implants

Fewer than one in three women eligible for breast reconstruction surgery following mastectomy for breast cancer undergo the procedure, according a small snapshot from four counties in California....

• 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....

• 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....

• More Women With Breast Cancer Get Nipple-Sparing Surgery

An increasing number of women facing mastectomies are opting for surgeries that remove the breast tissue but not the skin, nipple, and areola....

• 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....

• Breast Milk May Hold Clues to Breast Cancer Risk

Preliminary findings from an ongoing study suggest that cells found in breast milk may identify women who might go on to develop breast cancer....

• New Portable Scanner for Breast Cancer

A University of Manchester, England, engineering professor has invented a portable breast scanner that could lead to more accurate tests for younger women without the need for X-rays....

• Carriers of Breast Cancer Gene at Risk of Second Cancer

Women who have been successfully treated for cancer in one breast and who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer gene are at increased risk for developing cancer in their other breast....

• Four Breast Cancer Survivor Stories

Four women under age 40 reveal how they found and fought breast cancer and lived to tell the tale....

• Chronic Pain After Breast Cancer Surgery

A study shows that almost half of women who underwent breast cancer surgery reported they were still experiencing pain two to three years later....

• 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....

• 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....

• Progress in Predicting Invasive Breast Cancer

Doctors are a step closer to being able to predict which women with noninvasive breast tumors will go on to develop invasive breast cancer -- and therefore whether or not they need more aggressive treatment....

• Longer HRT Use May Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and breast cancer risk have been long studied, and now a new analysis finds higher risks for normal-weight women and those on combination estrogen/progestin therapy....

• U.S. Breast Cancer Rates No Longer Declining

The decline in U.S. breast cancer rates seen in 2002 and 2003 in white women has not continued, according to a new report that tracks the numbers from 2003 through 2007....

• Breast Cancer Gene Test, Preventive Surgery Save Women’s Lives

Women who carry the BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer genes cut their death risk by getting preventive surgery to remove their ovaries and fallopian tubes. Mastectomy further reduces their cancer risk....

• Breast Cancer: Women Often Choose Mastectomy

A survey of women making decisions about breast cancer treatment shows that family, friends, and surgeons affect those decisions....

• Breast Cancer Death Rates Decline

Fewer women are dying from breast cancer today than ever before, and this is largely due to advances in screening and treatment. Poorer women, however, are seeing a slower and later decline in their risk of dying from breast cancer in part because they don’t have as much access to these life-saving advances.Fewer women are dying from breast cancer today than ever before, and this is largely...