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US regulators approved a new drug that in clinical trials delayed breast cancer progression in women no longer responding to trastuzumab (Herceptin), a drug effective against tumors with too much of a protein called HER-2. When given in combination with chemotherapy, the...
The abortion pill (RU486 or mifepristone) might ward off breast cancer in women at high risk for the disease. New research found...
By reducing the amount of fat in their diet, postmenopausal women who've been treated for early stage breast cancer may...
Steaks, hamburgers and other red meat could raise younger women's risk for an U estrogen-linked form of breast cancer, researchers...
Hypnosis can help reduce a woman's pain and anxiety during breast biopsy, a new study finds. "The findings show...
An abnormal mammogram can cause understandable worry. So what's the next best step a woman should take? New research has...
Women who have already been diagnosed with breast cancer should have a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI scan of the other breast in...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new genetic test that's 1 designed to determine the likelihood that...
Women whose mothers took the synthetic estrogen Diethylstilbestrol (DES) while pregnant have nearly double the risk of breast cancer. This was the...
Women who have close relatives with breast cancer but who test negative for key genetic mutations associated with the disease are still...
Postmenopausal breast cancer patients who switch from tamoxifen therapy to a new class of drugs called aromatase inhibitors may live longer. Women...
In a recent study, tumors grew more slowly in cancerous mice that were fed honey, royal jelly (produced by bees as food...