MRI finds extra breast cancer tumors, study finds
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An MRI scan can find extra tumors that mammograms missed in women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers reported on Saturday.
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A Danish study has found women who were tall and skinny as teenagers have a higher risk of contracting breast cancer. The study published in The New England Journal of Health found women who were heavy babies
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Overweight and obese women have a  lower risk of breast cancer prior to menopause, researchers  said on Monday in a finding they said both puzzles them and  contradicts conventional wisdom.
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Women with a high genetic risk of breast cancer run a better chance of having it detected with magnetic resonance imaging than with mammography or other methods.
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A study of more than 117,000 Danish women provides the most convincing evidence yet of a link between a girl&#39;s growth rate and her risk of developing breast cancer later in life.
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Researchers say they have found six new sites of variation in the genome that increase the risk of breast cancer.
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STOCKHOLM - Oct. 15, 2004 â-en or more years of mobile phone use increases the risk of a rare type of non-cancerous tumor according to a new study.
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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is more effective than other screening methods for finding breast cancer in women whose genes leave them susceptible to the disease.
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Researchers at Indiana University, Ohio State University and the University of Missouri have begun a five-year, $8 million project that will help doctors better understand the damage caused by breast and ovarian cancers.
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(Undated) Oct. 20, 2004 - There are several methods available to detect breast cancer, but new research finds one may not be effective.
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New research has found a higher risk of leukemia among older overweight women, offering another piece of evidence that carrying extra pounds can increase your chance of getting cancer.
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A diet extra heavy in fruit and vegetables was no better than one with the standard recommended amounts in preventing the recurrence of breast cancer, a study released on Tuesday found.
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The Cancer Registry of Norway has released a new study about the accuracy of mammograms. The research looks at the rate of false positives from mammograms.
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More U.S. women diagnosed with breast cancer are choosing to have both breasts removed, even though it is usually not necessary or even recommended, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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MONDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Women who were larger than average at birth have a sharply higher rate of breast cancer before age 50, a study by British and Swedish researchers suggests.
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Extra copies of a certain gene found  in about a third of breast cancers may be responsible for their  unchecked growth and survival, researchers reported on  Thursday.
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NEW YORK  - Women in their 40s, who tend to  have relatively dense breast tissue, are more likely to have a  breast tumor missed on a screening mammogram than are older  women, new study findings suggest.