October 29, 2015 5 foods that can help cut the risk of breast cancer Healthy diet and eating habits can go a long way in lowering cancer risk. Here are some foods foods contain nutrients that may be especially helpful in reducing breast cancer risk.
October 28, 2015 DNA said to protect Hispanic women from breast cancer A genetic trait protects many women of Latin American descent from breast cancer, researchers probing the ethnic biology of cancer said Monday.
October 28, 2015 Radiation therapy in lymph nodes may help prevent breast cancer recurrence Two studies set to be published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine suggest that radiation therapy may reduce the rate of breast cancer recurrence.
October 28, 2015 New breast cancer drug prolongs life Fifty-year-old Lisa Canale has been battling breast cancer for 15 years – and although she lives with the diagnosis daily, she said she feels great. It’s partly due to a new drug she’s been taking called Kadcyla, which was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in February.
October 28, 2015 New blood test could detect breast cancer recurrence Researchers from London say they have found a new blood test that can detect breast cancer DNA months before it would show up on medical scans.
October 28, 2015 Study shows higher risk of death for obese breast cancer patients A new study of 80,000 women with early breast cancer found that obesity was associated with a 34 percent higher risk of death for pre-menopausal women whose disease is susceptible to higher levels of the hormone estrogen.
October 28, 2015 Approved Pfizer breast cancer drug impresses in latest study Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday the first formal late-stage trial of its approved treatment for advanced breast cancer, Ibrance, was stopped early after the medicine met its goal of delaying progression of the disease in previously treated patients.
October 28, 2015 Gene test finds which breast cancer patients can skip chemo Many women with early-stage breast cancer can skip chemotherapy without hurting their odds of beating the disease - good news from a major study that shows the value of a gene-activity test to gauge each patient's risk.
October 28, 2015 Yoga may help breast cancer patients improve quality of life For women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer, yoga may improve quality of life beyond treatment, researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center found.
October 28, 2015 Texas community rallies around widowed school nurse as she begins cancer fight A Texas community is rallying around a beloved elementary school nurse who was widowed last year and began her first round of chemotherapy Friday, after doctors found six tumors growing inside her and diagnosed her with Stage 4 T3 breast cancer.
