Breast Cancer:
Breast Cancer treatment and symptoms, breast cancer information and signs of breast cancer. Updates and research on breast cancer detection and treatment.
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Oct 4th, 2009
The American Cancer Society says a woman’s risk of breast cancer is 12% and is the most common cancer for women in the United States. More than 170,000 cases are diagnosed every year. There is new research, which indicates that a woman can reduce her risk of breast cancer naturally.
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Oct 2nd, 2009
October is breast cancer awareness month. Many women with breast cancer find their own tumors through self examination. This remains true even with screening mammograms. Do you know the proper method for doing a self-breast exam?
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Oct 1st, 2009
October is breast cancer awareness month. Pink is a color that is associated with breast cancer awareness. Breast cancer is scary to many people and as a result, there are many myths associated with it. Misinformation is prevalent due to fear and this makes one vulnerable to misunderstanding.
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Oct 1st, 2009
As National Breast Cancer Awareness Month goes into full swing, we will be seeing a sea of pink ribbons everywhere as cancer organizations, healthcare facilities, and medical professionals hold walk-a-thons, lectures, and other educational and empowering events. But among the pink ribbons we should also be looking for the ones that are pink and blue, those that remind us that breast cancer happens to men, too.
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Oct 1st, 2009
Every October, there is an explosion of pink ribbons as the nation and the international community honor Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This global attempt to increase awareness of breast cancer and to remind women about the value of early detection is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.
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Oct 1st, 2009
October of 2009 isn’t just for Halloween and trick or treat. October means it is national Breast Cancer Awareness month.
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Sep 30th, 2009
This October, the Department of Health is urging all Tennessee women over the age of 40 to get a clinical breast exam and mammogram as part of the observance of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Sep 30th, 2009
From 1989 to 2006, there was a 30% decline in the death rate from breast cancer. That trend may be threatened by the increase in obese women, according to the report Breast Cancer Facts and Figures 2009-2010, released this week by the American Cancer Society.
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Sep 28th, 2009
Breast cancer patients can benefit from using personal digital assistants to record their symptoms of pain, fatigue and depression during their therapy.
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Sep 28th, 2009
Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines.
