Study: Diet May Impact Breast Health
A new study out of Wake Forest School of Medicine indicates that diet could be an important factor in avoiding breast cancer.
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"The Bright Hour": Husband Of Late Author On A Young Family Coping With Loss
Nina Riggs' memoir, "The Bright Hour," was published last summer, just months after she died of cancer at the age of 39.
Czech Company Designs A Nonalcoholic Beer To Taste Good To Cancer Patients
A nonalcoholic brew joins the growing market to help chemo patients overcome the changes in their palates that make food unappealing. And it just might help them feel better, too.
Results Of At-Home Genetic Tests For Health Can Be Hard To Interpret
As home genetic testing continues to boom, more people are getting their DNA tested for health reasons. The tests may signal future disease, but there are many limitations that might falsely reassure.
Doctors Scrutinize Overtreatment, As Cancer Death Rates Decline
Are some people getting too much treatment for their cancers? The answer, from the American Society of Clinical Oncology meeting in Chicago, is an emphatic yes.
Therapy Made From Patient's Immune System Shows Promise For Advanced Breast Cancer
An experimental therapy seems to have eradicated cancer in a patient with metastatic breast cancer who had failed every other treatment. The goal is to reliably repeat that success in more people.
For Some Breast Cancer Patients, The Chemo Decision Just Got Easier
Thousands of breast cancer patients could now safely avoid chemotherapy thanks to a major study of women with moderate risk of recurrence.
Test of Herceptin Finds Briefer Treatment Can Work, With Fewer Side Effects
An aggressive type of breast cancer — a HER2-positive tumor — often shrinks with Herceptin treatment, but side effects can be tough. Researchers say a shorter course of the drug may be a good option.
British Health Services Failed To Send Mammogram Notices And Some Women May Have Died
Nearly half a million English women around age 70 did not get notified that they were due for a mammogram because of a "computer algorithm error," the health secretary says.
She Survived Breast Cancer, But Says A Treatment Side Effect 'Almost Killed' Her
When many lymph nodes are removed along with a tumor, some patients develop painful and debilitating swelling — lymphedema. More doctors should recognize and help prevent the problem, surgeons say.