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• 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....

• Gene Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

A new genetic link may help identify women with less dense breast tissue who are at lower risk of developing breast cancer....

• Breast Cancer Drug Fights Lung Cancer, Too

The anti-hormone drug tamoxifen, which is used to treat breast cancer, may also reduce the risk of dying from lung cancer, a study of over 6,000 women suggests....

• Four Breast Cancer Survivor Stories

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

• 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....

• 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....

• Tamoxifen, Evista Prevent Breast Cancer

Updated results from a large breast cancer prevention trial confirm that both the old standby tamoxifen and the osteoporosis drug Evista can substantially cut the risk of developing breast cancer in high-risk postmenopausal women....

• 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....

• Tamoxifen: Risk of Rare Second Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer patients who take the drug tamoxifen for five or more years may be at increased risk of developing a rare but aggressive breast cancer in their opposite breast, but tamoxifen use shouldn't change, researchers report....

• 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....

• 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....

• 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....

• Gene Predicts Tamoxifen Success in Breast Cancer

A single gene variant predicts breast-cancer survival after tamoxifen treatment. In the 46% of women with the "good" gene, tamoxifen works as well as newer drugs....

• Weight Gain After Breast Cancer May Be Risky

Gaining large amounts of weight in the two years after a breast cancer diagnosis may increase a woman’s risk of breast cancer recurrence and death, a new 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....

• 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...

• Is Soy Safe to Eat After Breast Cancer?

A new study of more than 18,312 women shows that eating soy foods did not increase risk of breast cancer recurrence....

• 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 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....

• PSA Test May Help Check for Breast Cancer

The blood test widely used to detect prostate cancer may prove to be a useful diagnostic tool for breast cancer, a study shows....

• Breast Cancer Risk Differs Among Ethnic Groups

Factors that increase the risk of breast cancer for white women have less influence among women of Hispanic ethnicity, a new study shows....

• 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....

• Herceptin: Long-Term Benefits for Breast Cancer

High-risk breast cancer patients continue to derive benefits from the drug Herceptin even four years after stopping treatment, but questions remain about the biologic therapy’s safety when given with chemotherapy....

• 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....

• Man’s Guide to Breast Cancer: Support and Caregiver Advice

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....

• Mammograms Cut Risk of Breast Cancer Death

Three-fourths of deaths due to breast cancer occur among women who do not undergo regular screening mammograms, a large study shows....