Breast Cancer

Why it matters when hope isn't really hope at all (and tips on reading articles about cancer research).

Check out this week’s quick overview of what is making headlines in the cancer space.

Survivors with children face some of the biggest challenges when it comes to visualizing the future. After my breast cancer diagnosis in 1986, it was my daughter's future, rather than my own, for which I bargained.

I am the first to admit that I have a love-hate relationship with breast forms post-mastectomy. Every now and then, I do put one on. It comforts me to know that there are multiple options (especially for women who wear them regularly).

This week, we spoke with two faculty members from the patient-focused meeting at the upcoming Miami Breast Cancer Conference.

Here are tips for fellow cancer survivors to clear out cancer paraphernailia but keep important medical records.

I feel fortunate to have my disease in this time of accelerated innovation

After two bouts of cancer, happiness is a warm tush.

One CURE contributor shares her hopes - and doubts - about recent cancer news.

The pressures of society can overwhelm the woman with breast cancer. These feelings of inadequacy and unacceptance can be compounded by the physical disfigurement left behind by breast cancer surgery.

Meeting others, learning tips, hearing from docs: breast cancer patients have it all when they get together.

Lymphedema can occur years after cancer, but exercise and lymphatic massages can help relieve symptoms.

I began to develop a daily routine to aid me in my life-long effort to keep cancer from returning – or at the very least, to give me some tools for coping.

In the years that followed, when I recalled something, it was placed in my life timeline as either before or after cancer.

When a conversation about breast cancer is overheard, should a survivor step in and offer advice, or just walk away?

My genetic counselor told me that saving a blood sample allows you to designate access to it by family members for genetic testing for hereditary cancers years down the road. You can make a difference to help loved ones.

I'll look less like a woman, but I'll feel more like one.

Magic that occurs when we write.

The FDA has granted an approval to Ontruzant (SB3; trastuzumab -dttb), a Herceptin (trastuzumab) biosimilar, for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing breast cancer or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma.

The addition of the investigational drug alisertib to a paclitaxel regimen showed promising activity in patients with recurrent ovarian cancer or advanced breast cancer.

For those facing cancer, encouraging words can often be good medicine.

Limbs affected by lymphedema require specialized care, but during months where temperatures can be extreme, a little extra effort is necessary.

Two-time cancer survivor suggests a careful approach when researching your own cancer.

Three ways this metastatic breast cancer patient has made research participation a part of her life.

Katherine Heinowitz said she had the best year of her life after being diagnosed with cancer. But to do that, she had to do something she had never done before.

Breast cancer survivor shares the silver lining in her breast reconstruction fat-grafting experience.

Cancer survivorship is an important topic that patients and physicians must consider when planning their treatment.

For young breast cancer survivors, the type of surgery they recieve to treat their disease can impact their quality of life, according to recent research.

Real resolutions to make 2019 feel like a year of finally putting away unachievable goals from the past.

Making peace with radiation can be a challenge, even if high doses of targeted radiation can silence cancer cells. It took me almost two weeks to tame the beast of fear. What have you done to trick yourself into handling difficult situations during cancer treatment?