Vital Signs: At Risk: Isolating the Factors Involved in Breast Cancer
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Breast density and high levels of circulating sex hormones are independent risk factors for breast cancer in postmenopausal women, a new study finds.
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NEW YORK  - Depression appears to somewhat heighten the risk of breast cancer, but it has no significant association with lung, colon or prostate cancer, according to a review of the medical literature conducted by Dutch researchers.
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NEW YORK  - In women with breast cancer,  the probability of dying from that malignancy, as opposed to  some other cause, can range from 3 percent to 85 percent,  depending on factors such as disease stage and patient age at  diagnosis, new research shows.
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Breast cancer survivors who ate more fruits and vegetables were not more likely to avoid a cancer recurrence
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Doctors have long known that certain variations of genes boost the risk of breast cancer, but a new study says there is also a gene variant that offers modest protection against the disease.
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 19 (HealthDayNews) -- Shortcomings in the capability of cells to repair damaged DNA are linked with increased breast cancer risk, says a study in the Jan. 19 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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ISLAMABAD, September 02 (Online): Women whose breast cancer is detected by mammography have a lower risk of the cancer recurring after treatment compared to those who discover a tumor by other means, a Finnish ...
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Mammograms are an important tool in the fight against breast cancer. Now new research looks at how accurate those mammogram readings really are.
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NEW YORK  - A breast cancer family history,   as well as a woman's age and her own personal history of breast   cancer, may help identify women at increased risk of developing   ovarian cancer.
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NEW YORK  - New research provides more evidence that childbearing factors, especially those related to a first pregnancy, influence a woman&#39;s risk of breast cancer.
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Previous reports have shown that obesity increases a woman&#39;s risk of developing breast cancer -- and now new research indicates that obesity continues to have a negative effect once breast cancer occurs.
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The causes of breast cancer are still being researched, although it is known the a woman&#39;s lifetime exposure to estrogen and her age at the time of her first childbirth play an important role.
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A new study is the first to link weight gain to specific types of breast cancer
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Postmenopausal women with early breast cancer who take tamoxifen for five years appear to have a 30 percent lower risk of dying from coronary heart disease than
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NEW YORK  - The number of breast cancer surgeries that a hospital performs seems to be associated with the likelihood of subsequently dying from breast cancer, Milwaukee-based researchers have found.
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NEW YORK  - Among women who have been treated for breast cancer, those who stick to a healthy diet and are moderately active seem to live longer, results of a new study indicate. A good diet alone or exercise alone doesn't have the same benefit.
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Scientists identify four more genes that increase breast cancer risk using a method that could help improve tests.