Breast Cancer

“The impact could be especially important in cultures such as those of southern Europe, where people have supper late,” Kogevinas said.

The researchers showed that not offering mammograms to women at low risk could reduce the harm associated with screening.

Doctors gave Judy Perkins months to live, but researchers were able to save her life by harnessing her immune system to attack her cancer.

Misleading headlines might encourage patients to alter their treatment—with potentially tragic consequences.

Women can now test themselves for three mutations without a doctor's approval.

Almost 1m people watched Mari Lopez's YouTube channel where she claimed her veganism and faith in God rid her body of cancer.

Asparagine is found in nearly every food and has been linked to making cancer worse in a study on mice.

These results don’t mean the BRCA mutations aren’t important.

The National Institute of Health estimates that one in seven men will be diagnosed with the disease at some point in their lives.

Eighteen hours after Heather Mosher said "I do," she passed away.

Researchers surveyed thousands of women with breast cancer and their oncologists and found a decline in the use of chemotherapy as a treatment.

Two kinds of birth control had a particularly strong link.

Yet another study in the controversial world of mammography screening.

Taking the drug beyond the recommended 5 years might help, researchers suggest.

A new report underscores just how critical—and in demand—reconstructive surgery is to women who survive the disease.

Long-term sexual problems plague many cancer survivors, but there’s help if you know how to ask for it.

By 2035, an estimated 4.5 million women and 4.8 million men will be diagnosed with the disease.

Many women with breast cancer detected by a mammogram are treated unnecessarily, because screening tests found slow-growing tumors that are essentially harmless.

Painful and psychologically traumatic, breast ironing is impossible to forget, as one victim tells Newsweek.

Data showing ethnicity and "stage at detection" was collected in England in 2012 and 2013.

Many of the cancers are preventable and low-income countries are the worst affected.

Bisphosphonates could save the lives of post-menopausal women being treated for early breast cancer.

The chemical has been linked to everything from ADHD to breast cancer.

The routine screening test for breast cancer may one day aid doctors in preventing heart attacks and strokes in women.

A new study finds women in treatment are opting to remove their healthy breast even though research shows the procedure does not improve survival rates.

A group of government-appointed physicians say breast cancer screening with mammography still holds limited value for a woman in her 40s.

We should rethink campaigns about prostate cancer screening and mammograms, according to new research.

New recommendations from the American Cancer Society add to a never-ending, contentious debate on when—and how frequently—to screen for breast cancer.

A new report shows a growing number of men are opting for aggressive surgery, despite limited research on its benefits.