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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Apr 24th, 2009
When women go to their hair salon in April, they may end up talking to their stylist about breast cancer prevention. The County of Lambton Community Health Services Department and nine other area public health units are working with randomly-selected hair salons on the ‘Be a Breast Friend’ pilot project that is designed to raise awareness about the importance of breast health.
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Apr 10th, 2009
New research from the University of Minnesota shows that more women with breast cancer opt for removal of both breasts rather than take a chance that breast cancer will spread.
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Apr 8th, 2009
DCIS looks like cancer. It generally grows as a small collection of cells lining the breast's milk ducts. But DCIS cells do not behave in the same way as the cells of an invasive breast tumor — pathologists can tell them apart.
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Apr 8th, 2009
Mammography is widely used to screen for tumors in young women — even women in their 20s — who inherit a genetic mutation that confers a very high risk for breast cancer.
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Apr 7th, 2009
The Minnesota Health Department will offer free mammograms through a televised phone bank on CBS.
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Apr 4th, 2009
A new study aims to learn whether women at high risk of breast cancer can use exercise to meaningfully reduce their risk of getting the disease.
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Apr 2nd, 2009
Two British doctors dispute the usefulness of mammograms. They feel that fewer than 5 percent of all women whose breast tumors can be detected through screening actually have their lives saved by a mammogram.
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Mar 31st, 2009
Researchers have discovered a novel strategy for reducing the growth and spread of breast cancer tumors by slowing the metastasis or spread of tumor-associated inflammatory cells.
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Mar 30th, 2009
A large-scale effort to identify genetic markers of breast cancer has uncovered two common genetic variants that increase risk of the disease in women of European ancestry.
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Mar 28th, 2009
Women treated for breast cancer continually face the fear that breast cancer will spread to other organs. A new test can help women know if they are at risk for breast cancer metastasis, allowing targeted treatment that could reduce mortality from breast cancer.
