Breast Cancer

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.

The new understanding could improve treatments for several deadly malignancies.

Everyone in Canada could get screened, for a price.

Researchers refer to it as an "epigenetic" diet

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

Male breast cancer is extremely rare but can be deadly without early detection.

He's liberal, a big proponent of the First Amendment and not a big sports fan.

Religious and cultural barriers are stopping Muslim women from having mammograms.

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

Cancer survivor Tamika Felder is an intimacy advocate who helps others find their way back to sex and pleasure.

Among the stressors survivors were exposed to: starvation, overcrowding, infectious diseases, strenuous physical activity and physical and emotional abuse.

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.

It will cost the NHS an estimated £2 billion in treatments.

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.

Researchers who become patients can quickly lose sight of the neutrality they've developed.

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.

Study on mice finds that an irregular sleep pattern speeds up tumor growth.

Additional tests aren't essential for all women with this risk factor.