CURE’s breast cancer page is an extensive resource of cancer information featuring the latest breast cancer news, expert oncologist insights on the latest cancer treatments, oncology research, advocacy efforts, and medical data on breast cancer.
July 6th 2025
July 4th 2025
Fear is a powerful enemy of the mind but there’s another word that has the same power. That word is a six letter one, cancer.
June 25th 2025
June brought major breast cancer updates, and CURE is sharing the latest treatment combinations, biomarker-driven care and patient well-being.
June 24th 2025
If I’d gone flat after my mastectomy, I might be healthy now, but my breast implants led to more cancer, heart failure and years of pain.
Dr. Rita Mukhtar sits down for a conversation with Dr. Joshua Sabari to discuss the potential use of ctDNA to guide breast cancer therapy.
More Radiation in Less Time
A new approach to radiation treatment in early-stage breast cancer employs a larger dose on a shorter schedule.
Breast Cancer & Lung Cancer
The FDA approves Avastin for breast cancer and a lung cancer trial involving Nexavar shows no survival benefit.
Q&A: Predicting Breast Cancer Recurrence
Who needs treatment after breast cancer surgery?
Breast Cancer Risk May be Overstated in BRCA Carriers
Risk varies for BRCA carriers.
www.cancer.gov/bcrisktool
Breast cancer risk tool updated for African-Americans.
Gastronomical Distress
Fighting colon cancer was only part of the battle; this survivor then had to learn how, and what, to eat all over again.
Breaking News from ASH and SABCS
News updates from the American Society of Hematology and the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Good to the Bone
Proactive strategy has patients taking preventive steps to protect their bones during therapy.
A Rash of Good News
Side effect may predict response to treatment.
Information Please
Why aren't more women having breast reconstruction?
Breast Cancer, Liver Cancer & Leukemia
Recent drug approvals yield a new chemotherapy agent, a first for liver cancer, a safer prevention method, and good news for a drug-resistant cancer.
More Women Choosing Double Mastectomy
The number of women choosing aggressive breast cancer surgery has doubled in the past decade.
A Force for Good
Gary Zollinger's legacy lives on through early detection research.
What to Consider When Deciding on Immediate Reconstruction
The timing of post-mastectomy reconstruction can be impacted by many factors.
The HRT Connection
Are breast cancer rates dropping because of the HRT decline, or are other factors at work?
Removing the Guesswork
A number of diagnostic, prognostic, or predictive tests can help determine the optimal course of treatment by using predictive markers from the patient’s or tumor’s genetic information.
A Hole In The World
Dana Reeve's death revealed the other face of lung cancer.
No Smoking
What's to blame for lung cancer in people who never smoked, and what that means for treatment and survival.
Kidney Cancer & Prostate Cancer
The FDA approves third kidney cancer drug and blood-clotting therapy while delaying review on a prostate cancer vaccine, and one drug edges another in a colorectal cancer clinical trial.
Breaking News from ASCO
Updates from the 2007 meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology includes news on liver, kidney, lung, colon, pancreatic and breast cancers.
To Catch a Cancer
Patients benefit from ease and success of modern breast cancer screening.
Screening for Recurrent Breast Cancer
The mainstays of screening for recurrent breast cancer remains physical exams and mammography, although researchers are looking for better ways to predict and find recurrences.
A New Era
As data emerge from a surge of new therapies, doctors combine the best of the best.
The Comforts of Help
Women need [and are now getting] more than medical care to heal from breast cancer.
Eluding Cancer
Breast cancer prevention meets success with new agents and a new thinking.
What Stage Is Your Breast Cancer?
A guide to how breast cancers are staged, from in situ (stage 0) to metastatic (stage IV).
Optimism for Inflammatory Breast Cancer
A once frightening diagnosis, inflammatory breast cancer now has treatment options.
Making the Most of Medicare
More coverage means more people are screened, and colon cancers are caught earlier.
The Weight Gain Mystery
Why breast cancer patients may gain weight during treatment and how to manage it.
Guys with Gumption
A resource listing of men’s groups dedicated to helping other men cope with their spouse’s cancer while contributing to cancer research.