Breast Cancer Articles

Southeast China found during a recent study that women who add more mushrooms and green tea to their diets may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer.
More than 2,000 women were included in the case-controlled study. Based on the data, it was concluded that higher dietary intake of mushrooms decreased breast cancer risk in [...]

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 [...]

Breast Cancer Prevention - Is Drug Therapy the Right Choice?

I know you didn’t ask, but I’ll tell you anyway… here’s my two cents about drug therapy. Obviously this is an individual choice.  I’m not a medical expert and I’m not a doctor.  I’m simply one person with personal experience.  The doctors offered drug therapy to [...]

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 [...]

Yes we know…sounds crazy right?  But as you know (or will learn as you spend more time on our site) we’re going to cover the entire range of topics related to this disease, whether people find them difficult to deal with or not.
We’ve spent a lot of time talking to Survivors at the breast cancer [...]

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 [...]