Breast cancer 'hits poor hardest'
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Women from more deprived backgrounds have a lower breast cancer survival rate, research suggests.
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eople who survive cancer appear to get worse care than the general population when it comes to other diseases, a study released last week concluded.
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NEW YORK  - Women who seek support in  coping with early-stage breast cancer through group counseling  sessions don't appear to improve their odds of surviving the  disease, new research indicates.
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Hormone replacement therapy, breast surgery and a low body weight all make it harder to detect breast cancer, scientists have discovered.
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Screening women under 50 years old for breast cancer does not significantly reduce deaths from the disease, British researchers said on Friday.
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Breast cancer is less likely to return in patients who stick to a low-fat diet, according to a study released on Saturday.
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Only 20 percent of children growing in poor countries survive a battle with cancer, despite progress made in recent decades in the fight against the disease in the industrialized world, scientists said.
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NEW YORK  - Women who receive visits from a   lay health advisor are more likely to undergo the recommended   mammography screening for breast cancer, a new study conducted   in a poor, rural population shows.
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The gap between rich and poor remains huge, but a survey of global health finds that significantly fewer people in poorer countries say they have had to go without food or health care because they lacked the money to pay for it.
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TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDayNews) -- People who have survived cancer struggle with a lower quality of life, loss of productivity and more health limitations than those who never had the disease, researchers report.
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The death rate from breast cancer continues to drop steadily by about 2 percent a year, but black women are not seeing the same benefits as whites, the American Cancer Society said on Tuesday.
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One out of every seven women will become a victim of breast cancer, but more than half of those who get the disease, beat it. On Friday, as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a number of East Tennessee women are celebrating their survival.
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True or false: Breast cancer is less likely to strike a woman who has no family history of the disease. Believe it or not, the answer is &quot;false.
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The costs associated with having breast cancer can amount to thousands of pounds, a charity says.
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Half of women eligible for examinations for breast cancer do not turn up for appointments, a charity has claimed. One in six women who did not attend said the appointment given to them was not convenient, meaning
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Breast cancer is more likely to kill obese women than those of normal weight, research suggests.
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Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women -- second to skin cancer -- as well as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths among women -- second to lung cancer -- according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).