Breast Cancer Articles

Over the past few years, scientists believed that breast stem cells were the reason for women being diagnosed with BRCA1 tumors, an aggressive form of breast cancer with basal-like tumors.
They’ve recently discovered at the Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium Laboratory that luminal progenitor cells…the so-called “daughters” of breast stem cells…are the more likely cause of [...]

The Web site, www.IllinoisCancerHelp.org, offers cancer patients treatment resources, information, and services. The American Cancer Society’s forecast for 2009 is that about 170 people on any given day in Illinois, will be diagnosed with cancer. They’re expecting the new site will help assist 27,000 people. That’s almost a 20% increase over last year.
People shouldn’t have [...]

Christopher Li, MD, PhD, a breast cancer epidemiologist, recently led a study in regards to previous research which showed that both premenopausal and postmenopausal women with a history of migraines also have a lower risk of developing breast cancer.  The study was published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention (2009;18[7]:2030-2034).
The study included over 4500 women [...]

The New England Journal of Medicine published a study in May, 2009 which indicates that older women who receive a combination of chemotherapy drugs have improved survival rates. This study specifically targeted older women with early-stage breast cancer and shows that chemotherapy can make a difference.
The study included 600 women with stage I, II, IIIA, [...]

According to research, most patients diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) do NOT experience all of the signs and symptoms of having IBC. An important fact to note is that even though Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of breast cancer, less than six percent of all the women diagnosed with breast [...]

If you suddenly develop a lump or mass, have it checked immediately. As women, I know there’s a fear we have when our body’s not quite “right” because we know how many types of cancer are out there and how many things that can go wrong. I know from personal experience that it’s much [...]

As a female who comes from a family that’s high-risk in terms of breast cancer, I’ve spent a lifetime listening to dicussions about breast cancer prevention.  People discuss their concerns, their fears, what their doctors have told them and sometimes, they speak from personal experience.  It hasn’t always been that way though.  Not so very [...]

Breast cancer risk factors are the things in your life that can increase your risk for getting breast cancer. Keep in mind that having a breast cancer risk factor, or even several, does NOT mean that you’ll get breast cancer. Studies are showing that most women with one or more of these factors are never [...]

If you don’t know what Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) is and you’re reading this, tell EVERYONE you know…they deserve to know! My great-grandma had breast cancer when I was a young child. My grandma was diagnosed when I was in my teens. My step-grandma was diagnosed in my early twenties. My mom was diagnosed when [...]