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Main Category: Breast Cancer Also Included In: Prostate / Prostate Cancer ; Ovarian Cancer Article Date: 08 Jul 2009 - 3:00 PDT printer friendly view / write opinions rate article Black women diagnosed with breast cancer have a greater chance of dying from the disease than white women, according to a new study published online July 7 in the Journal ...

Elevated insulin levels in the blood appear to raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.

Amgen today announced that a pivotal, Phase 3, head-to-head trial evaluating denosumab versus Zometa in the treatment of bone metastases in 2,049 patients with advanced breast cancer met its primary and secondary endpoints and demonstrated superior efficacy compared to Zometa.

BETTER treatment and screening is providing a dramatic improvement in survival rates among cancer sufferers.

One in three breast cancer patients identified in public screening programs may be treated unnecessarily, a new study says.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I haven't had a menstrual period for two years; I am 54. I do have hot flashes that are wiping me out.

Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc announced Thursday more than 600 additional samples taken from Quebec breast-cancer sufferers will be tested to ensure the women are receiving proper treatment.

The racial gap in breast cancer outcomes, with black women more likely to die from the disease, can't be explained completely by any one factor, new research shows.

The relationship between migraine headaches in women and a significant reduction in breast cancer risk has been confirmed in a follow-on study to landmark research published last year and conducted by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Despite the increase of breast reconstruction procedures performed in 2008, nearly 70 percent of women who are eligible for the procedure are not informed of the reconstructive options available to them, according to a recently published report.

Black women who are diagnosed with breast cancer have a higher probability of dying from the disease than white women, regardless of their estrogen receptor status, according to research from the National Cancer Institute , part of the National Institutes of Health.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer specific to women. An eight-page a oeSpecial Reporta on breast cancer in the June issue of Mayo Clinic Health Letter covers recent advancements in prevention, detection and treatment.

CANCER patient Nicky Cusack hopes to put the worst year of her life behind her after scooping a A 2.49m lottery win.

From today's St. Petersburg Times : Scientists studying drinking water contamination at Camp Lejeune were startled when 11 men with breast cancer and ties to the North Carolina base were identified over the last two years.

In a study to determine the non-medical factors that may be associated with the decision to treat nonmetastatic breast cancer, researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health evaluated the association between oncologist characteristics and the receipt of chemotherapy in elderly women with breast cancer and found that they were ...

A U.S. research team says it has spotted key signals that help breast cancer cells survive in the bone marrow of patients who've undergone treatment.

A cancer patient who said she has had the worst year of her life has seen her luck dramatically change with a 2.49 million lottery win.

One of the most important challenges in the cancer community today is whether people can, in fact, prevent their own cancers.

Two breast cancer survivors are giving back the support they received after they were diagnosed with the disease.

TWO friends who both won their battles against breast cancer are putting their best feet forward to raise money for charity.