Breast cancer often untreated in Mideast
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One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast because she didn't want to risk a referral to a male doctor. Another was divorced by her husband on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine because the technicians were men.
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Why more needs to be done to help provide care for women with secondary breast cancer.
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - One Saudi woman ignored the cancer growing in her breast for fear of seeing a male doctor. One was summarily divorced on the mere suspicion she had the disease, while a third was dragged away from a mammogram machine - the technicians were men.
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Proportion of breast cancer patients who undergo unnecessary double mastectomies increases.
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Lorie Williams thought for months that she might have a lump in her breast. But when the doctor said it was cancer, she was still stunned. After all, she was just 29 years old, no one in her family had ever had breast cancer, and she had never heard of anyone getting the disease so young.
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Women who develop breast cancer because  they carry one of three defective genes are no less likely to  survive over the long term than other breast cancer patients,  Canadian and Israeli researchers said on Wednesday.
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Breast cancer has risen sharply in China's capital and its top financial centre during the last decade due to unhealthy diets, a poor environment and increased stress at work, state media reported on Tuesday.
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Cultural and language barriers are two reasons why women in low-income, high-immigrant areas of Toronto have the lowest rate of breast cancer screening, says a study released today.
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Older European breast cancer patients without access to the Internet are not well informed about hormone treatments that can reduce the risk of a recurrence, researchers said on Saturday.
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FRIDAY, Oct. 15 (HealthDayNews) -- Concerns about infertility resulting from breast cancer therapy influenced treatment decisions in nearly one-third of young patients, according to a study published in the Oct. 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
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A breast cancer diagnosis can be devastating and scary. We have the story of two women who are cancer survivors and how they&#39;ve helped each other through a special program at Desert Regional Medical Center.
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Dec. 9 - Breast cancer is the commonest cancer among women. One in 9 will get it. 41,000 new cases are diagnosed each year. But with treatment, 77% survive.
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Yasser Arafat's latest health crisis &#151; a severe flu, gallstones, a battery of cancer tests &#151; has exposed how unprepared the Palestinians are for their leader's death, making a chaotic transition period all but inevitable.
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Women who develop breast cancer because they carry one of three defective genes are no less likely to survive over the long term than other breast cancer patients, Canadian and Israeli researchers said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Many young women diagnosed with  breast cancer overestimate their risk of becoming infertile  while undergoing treatment, a new study shows.
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NEW YORK  - Hair from women with breast cancer can be distinguished from hair obtained from women without the disease, researchers in Australia report.
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. And to leave some thoughts in women&#39;s minds, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation sent out the following facts: - Anyone can get breast cancer - men or women - but the cancer is most common amongst women.