Developing precise medicines for triple negative breast cancer
Taking advantage of a cancer cell's altered metabolism that drives its runaway growth, Princess Margaret researchers are zeroing in on...
Breast Cancer and Diet: 10 Foods to Eat (and a Few to Avoid)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with invasive breast cancer affecting 1 in every 8 women in the United States during...
'I'm A Surgeon Who Had Breast Cancer—This is What You Should Know About Treatment'
As a breast cancer and reconstruction surgeon, I work with patients facing breast cancer diagnoses every day. But when I received my own...
Preventing breast cancer metastasis by reactivating natural killer immune cells
One key component of the immune system that prevents breast cancer cells from forming distant metastases is a group of cells called...
Japan’s Lily MedTech Is Creating A Powerful New Tool To Fight Breast Cancer
As populations around the world age, cancer is becoming a more significant burden on many societies. Breast cancer is the most common...
Vara raises $7 million for AI tool that spots early signs of breast cancer
Vara (formerly Merantix Healthcare), a startup developing an AI system that screens for breast cancer, today announced that it raised $7...
Research team shrinks breast cancer tumors in mice with targeted therapy
A team of researchers led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Provost Wole Soboyejo has identified targeted drugs that reduced the...
Diet high in fiber linked to lower breast cancer risk
Women who eat a diet rich in fiber may have a lower risk of breast cancer, a review of studies has found. Harvard University researchers...
Who Benefits from Herceptin and Other Anti-HER2 Cancer Therapies?
HER2-positive breast cancer may be a misnomer, according to a growing body of evidence that one of the most widely recognized oncogenes,...
FDA approves pill for aggressive breast cancer that’s spread in the body
U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new drug for an aggressive type of breast cancer that’s spread in the body — including into the...
