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BREAST CANCER RISK SAID LOW WITH HORMONE CONTRACEPTIVES BUT RISES WITH LONG-TERM USE
Current and recent use of hormonal contraceptives was associated with a 20 percent increased risk of breast cancer... READ MORE›
A BETTER MAMMOGRAM HUGE STUDY PUTTING 3-D SCANS TO THE TEST
The issue Mammograms can save lives if they catch aggressive breast cancers early... READ MORE›
HEALTH CANADA FINDS LOW NUMBER OF RARE CANCER CASES LINKED TO BREAST IMPLANTS
A Health Canada safety review has found a low number of cases of a rare cancer associated with breast implants... READ MORE›
WHAT'S YOUR REACTION TO THE NHS 'BREAKTHROUGH' BREAST CANCER DRUG?
The Institute of Cancer Research ICR, London, described the drugs as among the most important breakthroughs for women with advanced cancer in the last two decades... READ MORE›
CANCER RETURNED, SO WOMAN TURNED TO CRAFT WORK
Hoderny marvels at how Smith approaches life in the face of cancer... READ MORE›
OREGON WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS MISLED INTO DOUBLE MASTECTOMY, HYSTERECTOMY
The lawsuit states that after the surgeries, her test results indicated no such risk of getting cancer... READ MORE›
TEST FOR BREAST CANCER RISK COULD REDUCE PRE-EMPTIVE MASTECTOMIES
This new test will help women at risk of familial breast cancer to make more informed decisions about their care, Evans said... READ MORE›
'MARSHALL' PREMIERE, OTHER EVENT CANCELED AFTER VEGAS ATTACK
Estee Lauder is also canceling a scheduled Pink Ribbon celebration on Monday in New York following the deadly shooting... READ MORE›
CHEAP DRUG COULD CUT 10% OF UK BREAST CANCER DEATHS, CHARITY SAYS
Breast Cancer Now is campaigning for the drugs to be given to all postmenopausal women after their treatment for primary breast cancer... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Breast Cancer
STRICTLY COME DANCING'S ANASTACIA DESERVES ONLY OUR RESPECT AND ADMIRATION, NOT THIS BACKLASH
Anastacia was robbed of part of her body after having breast cancer, not once, but twice... READ MORE›
CANCER RATES SET TO INCREASE SIX TIMES FASTER IN WOMEN THAN MEN
The watchdog estimates that around 5,500 people in England - out of 45,000 new diagnoses of breast cancer each year - would be eligible for treatment with palbociclib... READ MORE›
NHS PAYS OUT MILLIONS TO PATIENTS OF SURGEON CONVICTED OF NEEDLESS BREAST OPERATIONS
Consultant Ian Stuart Paterson carried out unnecessary procedures on 10 patients but could have more than 1,000 victims... READ MORE›
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY SAYS WOMEN SHOULD START MAMMOGRAMS AT 45
In the 1980s, the American Cancer Society ran ads telling women, If you haven't had a mammogram, you need more than your breasts examined... READ MORE›
CBC OTTAWA'S LUCY VAN OLDENBARNEVELD RETURNS TO WORK
People wrote notes of encouragement and support and I heard from countless women who had gone through breast cancer themselves... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER DRUG THAT CAN EXTEND LIVES APPROVED FOR NHS USE
Kadycla is for people with Her2 breast cancer that has spread to other parts of the body and cannot be removed through surgery... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER DRUG REJECTED FOR NHS USE ON COST-BENEFIT GROUNDS
Danni Manzi, of Breast Cancer Care, said While we understand the pressure around budgets, it is ultimately patients who suffer... READ MORE›
AN OPEN LETTER TO ANY WOMAN RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER
You might not want to talk yet, but when you're ready, support is available from organisations like Breast Cancer Care, Macmillan, Maggie's and on-line groups... READ MORE›
UNDER-STRAIN NHS FAILS TO ENSURE CANCER PATIENTS SEEN QUICKLY ENOUGH
At Medway NHS foundation trust in Kent 353 patients 32 percent waited beyond 14 days, as did another 263 25 percent at St George's University hospitals NHS foundation trust in London... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER SYMPTOMS ARE 'MORE THAN A LUMP', THESE ARE THE SIGNS WE FORGET TO LOOK FOR
Breast cancer symptoms are more than a lump these are the signs we forget to look for... READ MORE›
"MY DREAM IS TO HAVE THIS FOR EVERY WOMAN"
Although young women are less likely to get breast cancer, their survival rates are much lower... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER DRUG APPROVED FOR NHS USE AFTER PRICE CUT
Perjeta can help shrink breast cancer tumours before patients undergo surgery to remove them... READ MORE›
FACEBOOK APOLOGISES FOR REMOVING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS VIDEO
Facebook has apologised for removing a video on breast cancer awareness posted by a Swedish group, saying it was incorrectly taken out... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER STUDY FINDS 'ASTONISHING' DRUG COMBINATION THAT GIVES RESULTS
HER2 positive breast cancer is more likely to come back after treatment than some other types of breast cancer... READ MORE›
TRIAL TO INVESTIGATE LINK BETWEEN WEIGHT, FITNESS AND CANCER RECURRENCE
Women who are overweight or obese have a higher risk of breast cancer... READ MORE›
WHY IS BREAST CANCER BECOMING DEADLIER FOR BLACK WOMEN?
Why is breast cancer so much deadlier in black women than in white women?... READ MORE›
LUNG CANCER FATALITIES TO OVERTAKE BREAST CANCER DEATHS AMONG EUROPEAN WOMEN
Photograph Kallista Images Lung cancer deaths among European women are set to overtake those from breast cancer for the first time this year... READ MORE›
PRECISION MEDICINE THE THEME AT WORLD'S BIGGEST CANCER CONFERENCE
In trials using precision medicine, tumour shrinkage rates were 30.6 percent compared with only 4.9 percent in those that did not... READ MORE›
ROCHE, BRISTOL-MYERS CUT CANCER DRUG PRICES TO WIN UK APPROVAL
Bristol's leukemia drug Sprycel was also recommended for routine use after the U.S. company offered a bigger discount... READ MORE›
ACTRESS AND WRITER JEANNIE GAFFIGAN HAS SURGERY FOR BRAIN TUMOR
In April, she had a double mastectomy after testing positive for the BRCA 2 gene mutation which greatly increases a person's risk of developing breast cancer... READ MORE›
BIO FARMA TO SELL MORE AFFORDABLE BREAST CANCER DRUGS
State-owned vaccine producer Bio Farma plans to sell more affordable drugs for breast cancer patients as compared to the current drugs on the market... READ MORE›
STUDY CASTS DOUBT ON BREAST CANCER TESTING
Internationally renowned cancer experts have cast fresh doubt on the benefits of breast cancer screening programmes warning that they save fewer lives than previously thought... READ MORE›
'RIVER'S GARBAGEMAN' PLANTS 1 MILLION TREES
The breast cancer survivor wanted to help spread the word of early detection to underserved women in her Miami, Florida, community... READ MORE›
YOUNG WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER NOT GETTING FERTILITY ADVICE
Breast Cancer Care's chief executive, Samia al Qadhi, said Many healthcare professionals are not discussing fertility options, and clear referral systems are not in place... READ MORE›
THERE WERE NO DEPTHS HE WOULDN'T GO TO, SAYS IAN PATERSON SURGERY VICTIM
The 48-year-old was nursing her husband through terminal cancer in 2007, when she had a small lump removed from her breast on Paterson's advice... READ MORE›
HALF OF OLDER WOMEN UNCLEAR ON BREAST CANCER SYMPTOMS
National figures show that around 9,500 women a year die from breast cancer, of whom 5,400 are aged 70 or over... READ MORE›
BREAST CANCER PATIENT SHARES CANDID PHOTO OF THE TINY DIMPLES WHICH ALERTED HER TO CANCER
But, she points out, women need to know that any woman can get breast cancer even in the absence of any of these risk factors... READ MORE›
LUCY VAN OLDENBARNEVELD TALKS ABOUT ANXIETY AS SHE BEGINS ROUND 4 OF CHEMOTHERPY
CBC TV host Lucy van Oldenbarneveld, who was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, is sending video updates of her treatment... READ MORE›
SUGARY DRINKS RISKY FOR YOUNG GIRLS
7-month earlier onset translates into a modest impact on breast cancer risk, the study said... READ MORE›
OTTAWA PHD STUDENT WHO FOUGHT TO STAY IN CANADA DIES AFTER CANCER BATTLE
An Iranian woman who fought for permanent residence status in Canada while battling cancer and completing her PhD in Ottawa has died... READ MORE›