According to a new study led by researchers from University of California, San Francisco, one in five Latina women with indigenous American ancestors carry a variant that lowers their risk of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Action: stop the distraction of pink products during awareness month The Breast Cancer Action watchdog nonprofit that is anti-pink product promotions during the awareness month of October is sending out their message again this year to stop selling pink products.
Just three months after making the announcement on “Good Morning America” about her breast cancer diagnosis, Joan Lunden courageously posed with a bald head on the cover of People Magazine and expressed her determination to “beat” her cancer.
Numbers show that new cases of breast cancer and mortality rates are lower for Hispanic/Latina women than for non-Hispanic white women and African American women, yet breast cancer remains the leading cause of death for Latinas.
"Poder y Vida (Power and Life) Latina Initiative," launched by Susan G. Komen of Oregon & Southwest Washington, Kaiser Permanente Northwest and numerous other community organizations, was created with the intention of improving access to breast cancer screening.
A new study published in Trends in Molecular Medicine found that a class of environmental toxins known as gerontogens, which could accelerate the rate of aging.
Earlier this month, a lead radiological technologist in Perry, Ga. was convicted for falsifying and signing off on mammogram reports that incorrectly cleared nearly 1,300 women of signs of breast cancer or abnormalities.
A new drug is giving hope to sufferers of breast cancer -- because early studies of the drug suggest that it slows the development of the cells that cause the deadly disease!
Popular Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts has had several notable health issues throughout the years including a bout with breast cancer in 2007.
F#ck Cancer! is an ambitious campaign, and declaration, which hopes to put an end to cancer by inviting more people to join the fight. The movement was created with the intention of involving young people, and encouraging them to act against cancer, particularly breast cancer.
Today kicks off National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as efforts across the country continue to pull together to cope, combat and search for a cure for the disease that is the second most deadly form of cancer in U.S. women.
Breast cancer may be treated by shark blood antibodies, according to researchers at a Scottish university; however, the world will have to wait at least three years to benefit from the potential breakthrough.
