Best Breast Cancer Articles

Battling breast cancer can be more manageable when you have the support and encouragement of friends and family. Co-survivors know breast cancer affects everyone. "People should not have to face a life-threatening disease alone," says Susan Brown, RN, a health education manager at the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. "Strength is in numbers."

HRT can provide many benefits to women, as well as cause a few problems of its own. Find out whether it really is protective of the heart, and what bioidentical hormones are.

“You have cancer” may be the three most frightening words a patient can hear a doctor utter. Over 214,000 men and women affected by breast cancer in the United States hear those words every year.

Learn how to reduce your risk of breast cancer.

When Tammy Padgett, a young mother of two, was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2001 after feeling a lump in her breast, she was concerned about her diagnosis and how it would affect her future and family. New treatment options are helping women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

At What Age Should Women Start Getting Mammograms? The American Cancer Society recommends that all women over the age of 50 should start to have annual mammograms. Women from ages 40 to 50 should get tested every two years. Talk with your doctor for advice that is specified for your medical history.

Lois Catrambone's sister Norma died of breast cancer. Now, Lois is joining with thousands of other women to help researcher find the cause of breast cancer through the Sister Study.

Olive oil the new ingredient in the fight against breast cancer.

Breast Cancer, learn all about it!

Watch for the symptoms of breast cancer. Be diligent, watchful and know the risks involved and your own family history with this disease. Even if there is no history of this disease in your family, that does not mean you are immune. Routine monthly self-examinations are the best way to ensure that you know your own body.