Breast Cancer

As survivors, sometimes we step outside our comfort zones to help groups that raise awareness about cancer along with funds for research. Representing survivorship at a Relay for Life event can be as important as donating funds or decorating luminaries.

Do I have cancer? Did I have cancer? I may have an answer.

Despite the incidence of breast cancer either holding steady or decreasing in other U.S. racial/ethnic groups, it has been increasing in Asian-American women for the past 25 years.

Sometimes I’m referred to as a cancer "survivor," but I just don’t see myself as such.

Breast cancer survivor looks back and describes her radiation treatment and shares her tips.

Patients with early, HER2-positive breast cancer were found to be more likely to respond to the dual HER2-blockade, according to a recent study.

Offering love and support to a loved one going through cancer is one of the best ways to show you care.

We have all attributed a slip of the tongue or a forgetful moment to chemobrain and then laughed.

A two-time cancer survivor, breast cancer and melanoma, discusses the empty nest process and cancer.

Laura Yeager, breast cancer survivor, reflects on her journey and life as a survivor in her prose poem “On Losing My Nipples.”

To assist surgeons in assessing margins in the operating room, The MarginProbe System was created by Dune Medical Devices. Using the tool, surgeons can get immediate information about the presence of cancer cells on the margins of a tumor.

Tecentriq showed impressive long-term survival in patients with metastatic TNBC, according to the results from a recent study.

Does excess weight pose a cancer related health risk for women? Read more to find out.

Is it possible to actually get good at living with our disease?

Playing the cancer card, if you haven't done it yet, more than likely you will soon.

Cancer survivor discusses interviewing for jobs and returning to employment after surviving breast cancer and melanoma.

With cancer, every visit to the hospital is an exercise in accepting change.

After a diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer, Bekah Cunningham went to have a fertility preservation procedure, which ended up discovering another cancer in her lungs.

Ibrance gained full FDA approval for the treatment of some patients with breast cancer.

A debate among health care providers has ensued over the cardiotoxicity risk that is associated with anthracycline regimens for patients with breast cancer. Sara A. Hurvitz, M.D., weighs in.

Some patients experience fatigue as a side effect of cancer treatment. And for some of us, fatigue lingers on and on and on.

How does one heal after a cancer diagnosis?

Mohammad Jahanzeb, M.D., discusses the SystHERs study, which is looking closely at current treatment methods for HER2- positive metastatic breast cancer (MBC).

Choosing a prosthesis requires a little work on the part of the wearer. Understanding options is not only helpful, but necessary.

What about hope? Don’t kill hope. Breast cancer and melanoma survivor shares what helped at the time of diagnosis and early on in her cancer treatment.

Adam M. Brufsky, M.D., Ph.D., discusses bone-targeted agents in breast cancer, and what we can expect for the future of this kind of therapy.

Women with breast cancer who were treated with AIs may experience sexual side effects, but there are steps that can be taken to improve their quality of life.

Michael F. Press, M.D., Ph.D., shed light on the role of the receptor in breast cancer in a presentation during the 2017 Miami Breast Cancer Conference.

How do you educate people about a cancer so rare that just one percent of the cancer population has it?