MONDAY, June 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More young women in the United States are being diagnosed with breast cancer and several celebrities have helped raise awareness by sharing their stories.
Thanks to artificial intelligence (AI), more women might soon benefit from targeted breast cancer treatment, a new study says.
AI can help identify women who might be helped by cancer therapies that target HER2, a protein that spurs on the growth of tumor cells, according to results...
THURSDAY, May 22, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Louise Duffield, 60, was relieved to receive a normal mammogram result in 2023, but agreed to undergo an additional MRI scan recommended as part of a clinical trial.
Her mammogram showed she had very dense breasts, which can sometimes prevent detection of
Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent breast cancers that develop between routine mammograms, by catching ones that trained radiologists would overlook, a new study says.
Incorporating AI into mammography could help reduce the number of interval bre...
Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes appears to dramatically reduce the risk of death among breast cancer survivors who are genetically prone to cancer, a new study says.
Breast cancer survivors carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene variants had a 48% overall lower risk of death after u...
Breast cancer patients fare better if they continue to exercise during their treatment, and a new program can help women get the activity they need to boost their odds, researchers say.
The Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation and Exercise (CORE) program assesses women’s physic...
Women are OK with having an AI program help doctors review mammograms performed for breast cancer screening, a new study says.
About 7 out of 10 women (71%) said they’re fine with an AI program providing backup for a radiologist’s review of their breast X-ray, researchers report in th...
Surgery might not be needed to treat as many as 60% of early-stage breast cancers, a new study says.
Breast cancers that have been completely wiped out by chemotherapy and radiation treatment are not likely to come back, according to a small-scale clinical ...
Opting for a lumpectomy during breast cancer treatment can protect a woman’s future sex life, a new study suggests.
Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) is associated with better sexual well-being, compared to mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction, researchers found.
In fact, sexual well-being improved among lumpectomy patients within six months of their surgery, according t...
Breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy tend to suffer a longer-lasting decline in their physical health, compared to women who receive hormone therapy or other cancer treatments.
Chemotherapy patients reported a physical decline that extended more than two years after their di...
Breast cancer deaths are expected to increase during the next quarter-century, largely impacting the world’s poorest nations, a new international study says.
About 1.1 million breast cancer-related deaths are projected to occur in 2050 worldwide, an i...
Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found.
Minority women are less likely than white women to receive a same-day advanced imaging or biopsy after an abnormal mammogram, even though they have similar access to those s...
Cancer screenings can save lives by detecting cancer early, when treatment is most effective.
With an estimated 2 million new cancer cases expected in 2025, regular screenings are more important than ever, according to the American Cancer Society.
February is National Cancer Prevention Month, which make...
Giving patients with a common form of breast cancer an immunotherapy drug before surgery appears to boost outcomes, a new phase 3 trial finds.
The study involved patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) breast cancers. That's a tumor subtype that comprises 70% of all breast cancers, the study's authors noted. These tumors als...
The lungs are a tempting place for cancer cells -- so much so that more than half of people with advanced cancer elsewhere in their bodies wind up with lung tumors.
Researchers now think they know why.
Elevated levels of an amino acid called aspartate appear to allow cancer cells to grow more easily inside the lungs, researchers reported in a study published Jan. 1 in the journal
The established hormone therapy drug tamoxifen can significantly decrease the risk of cancer recurring in women with an early, low-risk form of breast cancer, a new study says.
Women who took tamoxifen after undergoing a lumpectomy to remove
An experimental hormone therapy pill has shown promise in extending the lives of women with tough-to-treat advanced breast cancer, a new clinical trial shows.
A “watch-and-wait” strategy might be the best option for some women with early-stage, low-risk breast cancer.
According to two new studies presented Thursday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, active monitoring of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) resulted in breast...
It's a decision no woman wants to have to make, but new research shows that young breast cancer patients with high-risk genes may be able to prevent their cancer from returning if they have their breasts or ovaries removed.
Breast cancer patients aged 40 or younger with BRCA mutations...
A cancer diagnosis can bring overwhelming stress and depression to women, but new research suggests yoga can help ease that emotional toll.
“A wellness intervention that integrates yoga and psychological tools may strengthen the connections among the mind, body and spirit, leading to a better and more meaningful quality of life,” said study senior author
Intrauterine devices (IUDs) may raise the chances of a breast cancer diagnosis for women who use the hormonal birth control method, but that risk remains low, new research finds.
Having close family and friends who care about their health makes women more likely to get regularly screened for cancer, a new study has found.
Women are more likely to undergo regular cancer screening if they have a tighter web of social and emotional connections, researchers reported Oct. 17 in the journal Cancer Causes & Contro...
Obesity is a more powerful driver of breast cancer than previously thought, a new study suggests.
About 40% of hormone-positive breast cancers in postmenopausal women might be linked to excess body fat, researchers reported Oct. 15 in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Healt...
Any form of breast cancer treatment appears to speed the aging of the recipient's cells, a new study finds.
“For the first time, we're showing that the [aging] signals we once thought were driven by chemotherapy are also present in women undergoing radiation and surgery,” said study lead author Judith Carroll.
A recently approved targeted chemotherapy drug can significantly extend the lives of advanced breast cancer patients who have developed tumors in their brains, new clinical trial results show.
While women overall are less likely to die of breast cancer now, some alarming disparities remain, a new American Cancer Society (ACS) analysis warns.
Death rates for American Indian and Alaska Native women haven't changed for the past 30 years, according to the new report. And breast cancer incidence continues to grow -- rising 1% a year between 2012-2021. The biggest increases were amon...
Food sold in shrink wrap, on cardboard trays or in paper containers might contain any of nearly 200 chemicals linked to breast cancer, a new study warns.
Commonly used food packaging materials contain 189 chemicals that can potentially cause breast cancer, ...
Women with early stage breast cancer may now take Kisquali, a medication already approved for advanced disease, following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's expanded approval of the treatment, drug maker Novartis announced Tuesday.
“The FDA approval of Kisqali for this early breast cancer population, including those with NO [hasn...
