breast cancer

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one’s risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows.

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one’s risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows.

All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot.

Everyone wants to know what they can do to lower their risk of breast cancer.

A new breast cancer study finds many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed.

We’ve come a long way since cancer was treated with opium and castor oil, but the medical community remains tasked with awareness and education in order to reduce risk and improve breast cancer survival rates as much as possible. 

A breast cancer patient, a plastic surgeon, and the daughter of a cancer survivor walk into a yoga studio. Good things happen as a result.

Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American women. Despite decades of research and public outreach efforts, there are still many misconceptions and urban myths about breast cancer. Marking the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month in October, Dr. Joanne Mortimer of City of Hope hopes to debunk some of the common myths. Myth: Breast cancer…

The goal of treating locally-advanced breast cancers is to get rid of the cancer and keep it from coming back.

The warning signs are not the same for all women.

At 31, Sarah Cocker Scott felt like her life was just getting started. Then she found a frightening change in her body, NBC 7’s Amber Frias reports.

At 31, Sarah Cocker Scott felt like her life was just getting started. Then she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

A bilingual app from the Keep a Breast Foundation is helping people learn more about how they can prevent breast cancer, or detect it early.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are the symptoms and signs of breast cancer, and how you can lower your risk.

1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime.

Calling herself the “Screen Queen,” Katie Couric is using her recent breast cancer diagnosis as motivation to inspire other women to get their annual mammograms.

Katie Couric revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer. Cancer experts share how they diagnose the disease and why staging is so important.

Calling the experience ”extremely scary,” “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler showcased a scar she received after undergoing a biopsy of her breast.

Doctors are reporting a new gain in breast cancer treatment. Some HER2 negative breast cancers are actually “HER2 low” and can benefit from a drug targeting the HER2 protein.

“It’s a personal choice to make this public, but sharing my experience makes cancer feel purposeful,” Shearer wrote.