Breast Cancer News

Dear Carolyn: A month ago I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Beyond the obvious fears, I was afraid my new boyfriend's feelings for me would change, what with chemo and then surgery.

A federal panel is recommending a radical change to mammogram guidelines, citing evidence that the potential harm outweighs the benefits.

NEWARK -- When Newark residents Tammy Hone and her mother, Carol Wages found out Stefanie Spielman had died, they couldn't help but get emotional.

BREAST EXAM ADVOCATE: Olivia Newton-John has slammed controversial new breast cancer guidelines in the US.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7:56 p.m. WASHINGTON Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

Just as fly paper captures insects, an innovative new device with nano-sized features developed by researchers at UCLA is able to grab cancer cells in the blood that have broken off from a tumor.

Abnormal mammogram: understanding false-positives An abnormal mammogram result can be scary, but in many cases it's a false alarm.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is now saying women in their 40s don't need to get routine mammograms for early detection of breast cancer if they're not at risk.

Nov 18 - New breast cancer screening guidelines in the U.S. suggest women under 50 years should not have routine mammograms.

For a woman, getting a mammogram can be stressful and now new guidelines issued by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are making the checkup an even harder appointment to schedule.

We asked your opinion on the new *** cancer screening guidelines. I heard your story and am absolutely disgusted.

Doctors are in uproar over a recommendation to raise the age of breast cancer screening, saying that more women will die from the disease, which claims 40,000 lives each year.

A federal advisory board's recommendation that women in their 40s should avoid routine mammograms is not government policy and has caused "a great deal of confusion," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.

Lying in bed one night in 2007, Peter Criss felt something strange: a small lump on his left breast.

For millions of women, everything they've been told about breast cancer screening has been changed with just one government task force.

It is a core tenet of the push to improve American medical care and control its cost: Experts should study the effectiveness of treatments and procedures to determine which work best.

Get past the jargon and know the facts about your diagnosis. I'm a woman whose life was saved by a mammogram.

In this Nov. 13, 2009 photo, Leonor Ortiz Childers, 46, plays with her children, 3-year-old twins Miranda and Javier, right, and 18-month-old twins Julian and Ava, left, in Durham, N.C. Leonor developed heart failure suddenly when she had to be treated for breast cancer while pregnant with her second set of twins.

A government panel says most women under 50 no longer need to be screened for breast cancer.

"My initial diagnosis was in 2006 and then again in 2008." Two-time breast cancer survivor Valerie Gardner wants the best treatment available.