Breast Cancer

Time-restricted eating may reduce heart disease risk in these people

Scientists from the University of Toronto found that older breast cancer survivors who restricted food intake to eight hours during the weekday, followed by...

Scientists find new way to treat aggressive breast cancer

Scientists from the University of Michigan found a new approach to treating an aggressive form of breast cancer. They found that targeting the immune microenvironment...

Understanding breast cancer

More women are beating breast cancer these days, in part because of improved treatments and screening. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found in...

What you need to know about breast cancer detection, treatment, and prevention

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer in women after skin cancer. Mammograms can detect breast cancer early, possibly before it has spread. Mammography...

Mammograms over-diagnose 1 in 7 breast cancers in the U.S.

In a new study from Duke University, researchers found about one in seven breast cancers detected by mammogram screening in the United States are...

Scientists find new way to test personalized drug treatments for breast cancer

For years, researchers have honed a process of developing breast cancer models using tumors donated by breast cancer patients. They then implanted into mice as...

New treatment for aggressive breast cancer could save thousands of lives

In a phase III clinical trial from the University of London, researchers found that the immunotherapy drug called pembrolizumab could significantly reduce disease recurrence...

MRI screening may lower breast cancer deaths

In a new study from the University of Washington, researchers found annual MRI screenings starting at ages 30 to 35 may reduce breast-cancer mortality...

New advances in breast cancer screening and treatment

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among American women. Breast cancer death rates have been falling over the past 30 years. But nearly...

Breast cancer genes linked to prostate and pancreatic cancers

Faulty versions of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are well known to increase the risk of breast cancer in men and women and in...