The fight against breast cancer is in constant motion! Every day, organizations like ours advance our mission to drive more progress. Researchers work nonstop to learn more and develop better treatments. The breast cancer community as whole continually shares insights, stories and discoveries to support each other. All this makes for a great deal of news in the world of breast cancer that we share here to support you on your journey.
Recent Studies and Treatment News
- What’s the Financial Cost of Breast Cancer?
- Not All Cancer Kills: Researchers Study Active Surveillance for Stage Zero Breast Cancer
- Breast-cancer death rate drops almost 40 percent, saving 322,000 lives, study says
- Birth Control Pills Still Linked to Breast Cancer, Study Finds (December 7, 2017)
- Study Boosts Hope of Liquid Biopsy for Cancer Screening
- Tumor Gene Testing Urged to Tell if Drug Targets Your Cancer (The government has approved the first cancer therapy that’s based on a tumor’s genetics instead of the body part the cancer struck first)
- Study Finds Pregnancy Seems Safe for Breast Cancer Survivors
- False-Alarm Mammograms Can Discourage Cancer Screening, Research Finds
- 17% of Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer Have Unnecessary Mastectomies, and Doctors Want to Know Why
- Socially Isolated Patients With Early Breast Cancer Have Higher Risk of Seeing the Breast Cancer Return and Dying from the Disease
- Gene Test Can Reduce Chemo Use Among Breast-cancer Patients, Study Says
- Breast Cancer: Exercise Reduces Perceived Memory Problems in Survivors
- MD Anderson’s Moon Shot Mission Grows to Confront 6 More Cancer Types
- Young Breast Cancer Patients Avoiding Tamoxifen because of Fertility Concerns.
- Chemo Brain is Real
- Study Shows Molecular Breast Imaging Boosts Cancer Detection
- Study Points to the Need for Increased Awareness of Fertility Preservation Options Among Young Cancer Patients
- How a Breast Cancer Gene May Affect Alzheimer’s
Awareness, Breast Health & Hope
- 6 Things Women With Breast Cancer Want Their Friends to Know
- Early Signs of Inflammatory Breast Cancer
- 5 Reasons Why the Future Looks Bright for Humans and Bleak for Cancer
- Precision Cancer Medicine: AACR offers insight into what tailoring medical treatment to individuals really means
For the Survivor
- Replacing Lymph Nodes to Ease Painful Legacy of Cancer Care
- After Cancer Treatment, Complimentary Care Calms: How Yoga, Dancing and Music Alleviate Physical and Emotional Woes
- Breast Cancer: Exercise Reduces Perceived Memory Problems in Survivors
- Signs of Depression in Breast Cancer Patients
- Metastatic Breast Cancer: Why You Should Know Your Tumor’s Hormone Receptor Status
- Big Changes Coming in Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
- 5 Self-Empowering Phrases when Going through Treatment
- Awareness & Action Continues to Grow: Cancer Treatment Leaves Survivors with PTSD Scars
- Understanding what you are or may face: Types of Primary Breast Cancer
- What to Consider before Posting Your Diagnosis Online
- Final Toxicity & the Young Adult Cancer Survivor
- Chemo Brain: A Breast Cancer Survivor’s Commentary
- Easing Return-to-Work Angst After a Cancer Diagnosis
For Loved Ones/Caregivers
- 6 Things Women With Breast Cancer Want Their Friends to Know
- Recognizing Signs of Depression in Breast Cancer Patients
- Caring for a Loved One During Radiation Treatment
- 15 Worst Things to Say to Someone With Breast Cancer
- Why Life After Beating Breast Cancer Can be the Hardest Stage of the Disease
- Tips for Being an Effective Caregiver
- Understanding your loved one’s diagnosis: Types of Primary Breast Cancer
- What Not to Say to Someone with Cancer
Personal Stories, Insights & Inspirations
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Series
- Me and My Foobs: What It’s Really Like Post-Mastectomy
- Cancer Scan Worry: When Does This Get Easier?
- The Breast Cancer Gene and Me
- When Mother & Daughter Both have Breast Cancer
- Cancer – No answer to ‘why’?
- Why Life After Beating Breast Cancer Can be the Hardest Stage of the Disease
- How Statistics Guided Me through Life, Death and “The Price is Right“
- To the Person with a Chronic Illness Who Feels Like a Burden
Blogs from our Local Healthcare Partners
- Size Doesn’t Matter: A discussion on tumor size, treatment and breast conservation
- Triple Negative Breast Cancer – How Can Outcomes be Improved?
- I’ve Just Been Diagnosed. Now What?
- Radiation as Part of Breast Conservation Therapy
- Doctor, What Stage is My Tumor?
- The Real Deal on Mammograms
- Does it Ever Get Easier?
