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Angelina Jolie’s Double Mastectomy: What We Know About BRCA Mutations and Breast Cancer
She wasn't yet diagnosed with cancer, but after finding a common gene mutation that often leads to breast cancer, she had the radical surgery to lower her risk...
How Exercise May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Breaking a sweat does more for your body than just trim your waistline. Exercise may lower a woman's risk for breast cancer and researchers are finding out why. ...
Alcohol Doesn’t Affect Ability to Survive Breast Cancer
Breast cancer patients who raised a glass or two a week may even enjoy slightly longer lives than those who didn't drink. While alcohol can benefit the heart,...
Radiation for Breast Cancer Linked to Slight Increase in Heart Disease
It's a life-saving treatment for some, but radiation therapy can carry risks that last for decades. Researchers in Europe report in the New England Journal of...
Heavy Women May Be More Likely to See their Breast Cancer Come Back
Overweight and obese women may have a tougher battle in store when it comes to breast cancer: a new study published in the journal Cancer finds that carrying...
Regular Exercise May Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Exercise can lower women’s risk of breast cancer, but how much exercise is enough and at what age do women have to be physically active to benefit? Those are the...
Breast Cancer: Not One Disease but 10, Researchers Say
In a wide-ranging new study, researchers have classified breast cancer into 10 different subtypes — a finding that could change the future of breast cancer...
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Increase in breast cancer risk among women who had one drink a day, compared with non-drinkers, according to an analysis of 113 previous studies on light...
‘The Tutu Project’: Donning Pink Frills to Fight Breast Cancer
Forget pink ribbons. Photographer Bob Carey put on a pink tutu in an effort to raise money for breast-cancer charities.
Why a Christian Group Pulled Pink Bibles for Breast Cancer Awareness
From pink ribbons and pink socks to rosy-hued footballs, there are endless things you can buy to support breast cancer awareness. Until just recently, you could...
FDA Revokes Approval of Avastin for Breast Cancer
The blockbuster drug Avastin should no longer be used in advanced breast cancer patients because there's no proof that it extends their lives and it presents...
Evelyn Lauder, Pink Ribbon Pioneer and Breast Cancer Advocate, Dies at 75
Lauder passed away after a battle with ovarian cancer, but it was her work for breast cancer that changed the way we battle the disease.
Global Breast Cancer: Breast-Cancer Basics
RISKY HISTORY Genes, Age and Family Can Be Risk Factors Simply living longer is one of the strongest contributors to breast cancer, since age brings greater...
Global Breast Cancer: The Changing Face Of Breast Cancer
Six months ago, Liu Lichun didn't know her breast could contain cancer. No one had taught the 40-year-old Chinese woman from Inner Mongolia what the disease was...
TAKING AIM AT BREAST CANCER
This month Target continues the pop-up retail trend with a special temporary store in New York City's Times Square that sells its exclusive Pink collection of...
Health: A Better View Of Breast Cancer
Should women at high risk for breast cancer be getting MRIs? A new Dutch study of 2,000 women showed that magnetic resonance imaging detected 80% of tumors,...
Herceptin May Benefit Wider Group of Breast Cancer Patients
The breakthrough drug, which targets a small percentage of breast tumors, may be effective against more cancers, according to the latest study. About 20% of...
Among Breast Cancer Screens, Pricey Isn’t Always Better
For older women, cheaper methods of detecting breast cancer may be as good as more expensive ones, according to the latest research. Medicare spending on breast...
Certain Fruits and Vegetables Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
When it comes to foods that lower cancer risk, color may count.
Can Your Job Increase Your Risk of Developing Breast Cancer?
A study explores the occupations with the strongest links to breast cancer.
