Breast Cancer

Why reducing your risk matters right now — whether you or someone you love is in treatment or hoping to avoid a recurrence.

Genetic cancer testing is a whole new world for cancer survivors, newly diagnosed patients with cancer and their family members.

One cancer survivor looks back on how a breast cancer diagnosis divided her life into a before and after, and looks ahead to what comes next.

Can connecting with the natural world calm our cancer concerns?

Finding joy after a cancer diagnosis can take time. With intention and a little work, it’s possible to find that which you may have lost.

With the proven predictive value of PD-L1 expression and BRCA mutations in patients with metastatic triple-negative breast cancer, immunotherapy, PARP inhibitors and antibody-drug conjugates are changing the treatment landscape.

Racial and ethnic disparities have long been a part of the early detection of breast cancer in women, but a new study finds that these disparities are also connected by a patient’s insurance coverage.

This male breast cancer survivor goes back to work after a long break to consider his future and find his passion again.

Breast cancer can feel lonely and isolated, but through community, a person touched by cancer can enjoy camaraderie and support.

"When you meet someone who is suffering because she was told she could only have a mammogram when it was too late, everyone will agree: if a woman is thoroughly educated about the negative effects of screening and still decides to have the mammogram, she should be able to make that decision without a financial burden."

Exercise can do so much beyond risk reduction for the person already living with cancer.

One cancer survivor looks at how chemotherapy might have impacted her life in unexpected ways.

Researchers from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center found that the use of supplements, besides a multivitamin, while patients were being treated with chemotherapy increased their risk for breast cancer recurrence or death.

Patients with cancer are acutely aware of how time is finite, and that's ok. They can appreciate the fit of time all the better.

A male breast cancer survivor's take on some promising statistics that show a decline in the cancer death rate in the US, but not for every type of cancer.

One breast cancer and melanoma survivor thinks about the long-term impacts of her cancer diagnosis and the silver linings.

Cancer survivors need to keep up with the news. However, reading about a new study or risk factor might make us worry about past choices and/or current options, in a way we can't quite control.

Reflecting on the lessons learned from the trauma of living with a stage four cancer diagnosis.

We remember big events like births, deaths, marriages and holidays, but sometimes it's the little acts of kindness we remember the most.

Each new year, many make resolutions for change. For the person with cancer, resolutions are important but also need to be realistic.