November 23, 2015 Couple reschedules wedding date so groom's dying mother can attend A Florida couple moved their wedding date up by a year so that the groom’s mother, who was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, could fulfill her wish of seeing her son get married.
November 19, 2015 Pigeons tend to land on the right spot when looking for breast cancer - Years of schooling and training are needed to teach pathologists and radiologists to spot cancer on medical images, but a new study finds that pigeons can be about as accurate as these professionals, with the help of a few food pellets.
November 18, 2015 Glowing terms often used for new cancer drugs in health news Health news stories often use overly optimistic terms to describe new cancer drugs, according to a new study.
November 17, 2015 Roche breast cancer drug at center of UK pricing row A Roche drug that can prolong the lives of some women with advanced breast cancer has been plunged back into the center of a drug pricing row after Britain's health cost agency declared that it is still too expensive.
November 12, 2015 Women panic less when abnormal breast cells are not called cancer Women may be less likely to panic or pursue aggressive treatment for a common, non-invasive breast tumor if doctors don't use the word "cancer" to describe the abnormal cells, an Australian study suggests.
November 11, 2015 Drug might help breast cancer patients avoid heart damage Many cancer treatments have a dark side — they can damage the heart.
November 10, 2015 Silicone breast implants still lack proof of safety Good evidence on the safety of silicone gel breast implants is still lacking almost 10 years after they were reintroduced to the U.S. market, researchers report in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
November 6, 2015 Superbugs mean more infections and deaths after surgery, chemotherapy The declining effectiveness of antibiotics may make tens of thousands more U.S. patients vulnerable to potentially fatal infections after surgery or chemotherapy, researchers estimate.
November 5, 2015 Rates of immediate breast reconstruction in US vary by age, race Younger white women are most likely to get immediate breast reconstruction when they have a mastectomy for breast cancer, while rates are lower for those over age 45 and those who are not white, according to a new study.
October 29, 2015 Study: Racial gap in breast cancer diagnoses has closed For decades, breast cancer has been less common in black women than white women, yet killed black women at a higher rate.
