Breast Cancer

Kari B. Wisinski, M.D., talks about new agents being explored in triple-negative breast cancer.

The Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) recommended the approval of Nerlynx (neratinib) for some patients with breast cancer.

Early results for a new agent, pyrotinib (HTI-1001), are showing promise for the treatment of HER2-positive breast cancer, according to phase 1 results from China published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, which showed that the drug was well-tolerated and showed anti-tumor activity.

Amye J. Tevaarwerk, M.D., discusses which patients with ER-positive breast cancer may be good candidates to continue endocrine therapy after five years.

A recent study found that the Chinese exercise method of tai chi can help combat insomnia in breast cancer survivors.

Are you deciding with your heart or with your head?

After the Affordable Care Act was passed, a study found that there were more stage 1 cancer diagnoses across the nation.

Post-mastectomy syndrome is a condition affecting some women after surgery for breast cancer. This syndrome occurs as nerves begin to regenerate and heal.

Women in their 20s who face a breast cancer diagnosis have a unique set of worries and needs.

Just published, easy-to-understand clinical guidelines can help you figure out new ways to overcome fatigue, anxiety, nausea.

There are numerous supports for emotional healing and networking.

“I don’t know why I thought I was above it. It was terrifying, but I am here now to tell you my story.”

A cancer birthday for one of us gives hope to all of us.

A male breast cancer survivor looks at the disease as if it were a small business.

The two oral medicines will be packaged together, only requiring one prescription and one copay, for HR-positive, HER2-negative advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

At the 2017 ONS Annual Congress, nurses from the Stefanie Spielman Comprehensive Breast Cancer considered the accommodations needed for patients who experience breast cancer and pregnancy at the same time.

The new GOP health care bill is causing concern for those suffering pre-existing medical conditions. How will it affect those with cancer?

I'm hopeful and scared. Why it's OK to feel both at once when you're living with cancer.

Cryoablation is a fairly new treatment being used to treat small cancer tumors. Could we soon see it offered as an alternative to traditional breast cancer surgeries?

Per the American Cancer Society, removing both breasts before cancer is diagnosed can reduce the risk of breast cancer by up to 97 percent. However, a new study finds that this may be an unnecessary surgery in patients with DCIS.

As we approach summer, a melanoma survivor recovers from her fresh wounds and shares her thoughts.

It’s the empty place that lies between diagnosis and treatment, but it’s full of life.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new silicone gel-filled breast implant option, MemoryGel® Xtra, according to Mentor Worldwide LLC, the producer of the implants.

We are all so busy, busy, busy with our lives until cancer slows us down, at least temporarily.

Noreen Fraser, co-founder and producer of the annual "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon has died of stage 4 breast cancer at the age of 63.

Cancer has become my unexpected obsession. But there's an upside to that.

We roll the dice every day. When are the odds in our favor?

Living well with metastatic cancer means finding ways to accept the diagnoses and continue to move forward.

Just when there's so much to say, you can find yourself walking a verbal tightrope. Let love lead the way.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing the nation’s second cooling cap — Paxman Scalp Cooling System — to reduce hair loss in patients with breast cancer undergoing chemotherapy.