Breast Cancer

This drug could help lower breast cancer risk with less side effect

While the drug tamoxifen reduces the risk of developing breast cancer and prevents recurrence, the side effects cause many women to discontinue their treatment. In...

Mammograms and the COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know

Some women who have gotten vaccinated for COVID-19 have noticed a startling development ― lumps that in the past might have meant cancer. As health...

Breast cancer awareness: What women need to know

Breast cancer is the second-most common cancer in women (after skin cancer). It’s the most common noncutaneous cancer in U.S. women, with an estimated 61,000...

A new way to treat drug-resistant breast cancer

In a new study from Dartmouth, researchers found a new method to treat drug-resistant breast cancer. Anti-estrogen treatments, which block growth signals from estrogen receptors...

This diabetes drug may help treat aggressive breast cancer

In a new study from the National University of Singapore, researchers developed an approach to target highly resistant triple-negative breast cancers (TNBCs) with diabetes...

Daily exercise may help slow breast cancer growth

In a new study from Harvard Medical School, researchers found that exercise training may slow tumor growth and improve outcomes for females with breast...

This study shows a big cause of inflammation in common bowel disease

In a recent study from Weill Cornell Medicine, researchers found a type of gut bacteria that causes intestinal inflammation in patients with Crohn’s disease,...

Common drugs for type 2 diabetes and obesity do not increase breast cancer risk

In a new study from the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, researchers found that commonly used medications for type 2 diabetes and...

COVID vaccines and breast cancer screening: What you need to know

The foremost network of cancer centers in the United States is recommending that people wait to get certain imaging such as mammograms until four...

Lower dose of this drug can reduce breast cancer risk with less side effect

While the drug tamoxifen reduces the risk of developing breast cancer and prevents recurrence, the side-effects cause many women to discontinue their treatment. In a...