Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prevent breast cancers that develop between routine mammograms, by catching ones that trained radiologists would overlook, a new study says.

Incorporating AI into mammography could help reduce the number of interval bre...

WEDNESDAY, May 14, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Significant weight gain paired with delayed or foregone motherhood nearly triples a young woman’s risk of later breast cancer, a new study says.

Women were 2.7 times more likely to develop breast cancer if they:

FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More young adults in the U.S. are being diagnosed with cancer, and researchers are trying to figure out why.

A new government report shows that rates of several types of cancer are going up in people under age 50, especially among women...

FRIDAY, May 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes appears to dramatically reduce the risk of death among breast cancer survivors who are genetically prone to cancer, a new study says.

Breast cancer survivors carrying BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene variants ...

TUESDAY, May 6, 2025 (HealthDay news) -- It’s natural to feel a wave of anxiety following a diagnosis of breast cancer.

But women shouldn’t let worries about delaying treatment deter them from seeking a second opinion on their diagnosis and trea...

Breast cancer patients fare better if they continue to exercise during their treatment, and a new program can help women get the activity they need to boost their odds, researchers say.

The Comprehensive Oncology Rehabilitation and Exercise (CORE) program assesses women’s physic...

Women are OK with having an AI program help doctors review mammograms performed for breast cancer screening, a new study says.

About 7 out of 10 women (71%) said they’re fine with an AI program providing backup for a radiologist’s review of their breast X-ray, researchers report in th...

Breast-conserving therapy for breast cancer might not conserve as much as previously thought, a new study suggests.

Women’s breasts can shrink considerably after they’ve undergone radiation therapy and lumpectomy for their early-stage breast cancer, researcher...

Surgery might not be needed to treat as many as 60% of early-stage breast cancers, a new study says.

Breast cancers that have been completely wiped out by chemotherapy and radiation treatment are not likely to come back, according to a small-scale clinical ...

Opting for a lumpectomy during breast cancer treatment can protect a woman’s future sex life, a new study suggests.

Breast-conserving therapy (BCT) is associated with better sexual well-being, compared to mastectomy followed by breast reconstruction, researchers found.

In fact, sexual well-being improved among lumpectomy patients within six months of their surgery, according t...

Breast cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy tend to suffer a longer-lasting decline in their physical health, compared to women who receive hormone therapy or other cancer treatments.

Chemotherapy patients reported a physical decline that extended more than two years after their di...

Where a young American woman lives could play a role in her risk for breast cancer, a new study suggests.

In fact, the breast cancer risk associated with a young woman’s locale is comparable to that from other known factors, such as genetics, research...

Breast cancer deaths are expected to increase during the next quarter-century, largely impacting the world’s poorest nations, a new international study says.

About 1.1 million breast cancer-related deaths are projected to occur in 2050 worldwide, an i...

Women of color are less likely to receive prompt follow-up testing after abnormal mammogram results, a new study has found.

Minority women are less likely than white women to receive a same-day advanced imaging or biopsy after an abnormal mammogram, even though they have similar access to those s...

Cancer screenings can save lives by detecting cancer early, when treatment is most effective.

With an estimated 2 million new cancer cases expected in 2025, regular screenings are more important than ever, according to the American Cancer Society.

February is National Cancer Prevention Month, which make...

A survey of hundreds of breast cancer survivors finds that tumor recurrence fear can wreak havoc on a woman's emotions.

“Cancer is all around us. Everything is a trigger," one survey participant said. "Anniversaries, other family/friends’ diagno...

Giving patients with a common form of breast cancer an immunotherapy drug before surgery appears to boost outcomes, a new phase 3 trial finds.

The study involved patients with estrogen receptor positive (ER+)/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HER2-) breast cancers. That's a tumor subtype that comprises 70% of all breast cancers, the study's authors noted. These tumors als...

Exercising now can increase your chances of successfully fighting cancer in the future.

Even low levels of exercise provided protection against cancer, a new study published Jan. 7 in the British Journal o...