Breast cancer is the second-most common type of cancer among women in the United States. The high rates of breast cancer can be overwhelming to confront, especially if you have a genetic ...

Donna Pinto began getting mammograms at age 40 because her grandmother died of breast cancer at 50. In 2010, a suspicious mammogram led Pinto, then 44, to a needle biopsy in her right breast. The ...

This informational guide, part of PS's Condition Center, lays out the realities of this health concern: what it is, what it can look like, and strategies that medical experts say are proven to help.

Reykjavik, ICELAND, October 8, 2008 – deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) today announced the launch of deCODE BreastCancer™, a new tool for assessing risk of the common forms of breast cancer. For the ...

A study in the Lancet (vol. 370, 11 August 2007) could lead to a change of paradigm in the early diagnosis of breast cancer. It states that magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is substantially more ...