Breast Cancer

CURE® sponsors a fun and free introduction to this playful practice for health and healing.

The one-day agenda hosts faculty and panels discussing breast cancer treatments and their side effects, genetics, survivorship, and more.

The former NFL running back opens up about his mother’s battle with breast cancer.

What happens when the trick goes wrong?

The FDA has approved subcutaneous use of Herceptin and Herceptin Hylecta in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of select patients with HER2-positive early breast cancer.

Television shows often portray breast cancer in unrealistic ways. As a survivor, it's my job to pay attention to the details and check them for accuracy.

For one woman with a BRCA gene mutation, information and teamwork brings a sense of control.

The Tutu Project uses unique landscape photos to raise money for patients with breast cancer.

Art can help us understand our deepest feelings, helping us cope and reflecting the complexity of life after cancer.

In an effort to help others understand a breast cancer diagnosis, survivors may choose to use unique words. Sometimes, these words can be offensive.

What started as a hangnail turned into one of the most difficult late effects of breast cancer. This survivor found swimming to be a viable treatment for her lymphedema.

A mastectomy can leave a lasting mark. This breast cancer survivor found her own unique way to make it a beautiful one.

CURE® spoke with CEO Linda Tantawi about addressing the needs of underserved communities and how education is key in helping women in the Greater New York City area.

The emotional ups and downs associated with a diagnosis of breast cancer can take a person on a very stressful ride. In this post, learn how one survivor managed to turn that stressful event into a joy ride.

Why it matters when hope isn't really hope at all (and tips on reading articles about cancer research).

Check out this week’s quick overview of what is making headlines in the cancer space.

Survivors with children face some of the biggest challenges when it comes to visualizing the future. After my breast cancer diagnosis in 1986, it was my daughter's future, rather than my own, for which I bargained.

I am the first to admit that I have a love-hate relationship with breast forms post-mastectomy. Every now and then, I do put one on. It comforts me to know that there are multiple options (especially for women who wear them regularly).

This week, we spoke with two faculty members from the patient-focused meeting at the upcoming Miami Breast Cancer Conference.

Here are tips for fellow cancer survivors to clear out cancer paraphernailia but keep important medical records.

I feel fortunate to have my disease in this time of accelerated innovation

After two bouts of cancer, happiness is a warm tush.

One CURE contributor shares her hopes - and doubts - about recent cancer news.

The pressures of society can overwhelm the woman with breast cancer. These feelings of inadequacy and unacceptance can be compounded by the physical disfigurement left behind by breast cancer surgery.

Meeting others, learning tips, hearing from docs: breast cancer patients have it all when they get together.

Lymphedema can occur years after cancer, but exercise and lymphatic massages can help relieve symptoms.

I began to develop a daily routine to aid me in my life-long effort to keep cancer from returning – or at the very least, to give me some tools for coping.

In the years that followed, when I recalled something, it was placed in my life timeline as either before or after cancer.

When a conversation about breast cancer is overheard, should a survivor step in and offer advice, or just walk away?

My genetic counselor told me that saving a blood sample allows you to designate access to it by family members for genetic testing for hereditary cancers years down the road. You can make a difference to help loved ones.