Most women are aware that a family history of breast cancer increases their risk of the disease, but far fewer understand that extremely dense breasts can pose a greater risk. A survey published ...

Data suggest that 1 in 20 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and 1 in 70 will die from the disease. Researchers are projecting that, worldwide, new cases of female breast ...

For women who’ve had breast cancer and would like to have a child, taking a break from a common treatment to try for a pregnancy appears safe in the short term. A clinical trial studied the effect of ...

The role of ct-DNA in breast cancer surveillance assessing treatment response and recurrence: A community center experience. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Black women are about 40% more likely to die of breast cancer than white women and are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age, at ...

It’s time to think about your breasts — not just this month because it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but every month. One in 8 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetimes ...

For years, lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer deaths in non-Hispanic Black women. That changed in 2019 – it’s now breast cancer. And there are racial disparities when it comes to early ...

Several factors contribute to the higher breast cancer mortality rate among Black women. These include later-stage diagnosis, lower survival rates at every stage of diagnosis, and limited access to ...