Breast Cancer

Researchers confirm antidepressants do not cause recurrence in breast cancer patients treated with tamoxifen.

Hormone treatment may prove to be effective alternative option for patients with invasive lobular carcinoma.

Patients with cancer see a decline in employment, hours worked, individual income, and total family income following diagnosis.

Newly discovered pathway may prove effective target for treatment of triple-negative breast cancer.

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Study may lead to enhanced efficacy of breast cancer drugs.

Blood test offers insight into how well a drug is working during the course of cancer treatment.

Non-Hispanic whites more likely to be diagnosed with less advanced stages of breast cancer.

Accelerated partial breast irradiation reduces therapy into just 5 days.

Women increasingly choosing surgery to remove both breasts.

Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program will focus on racially and ethnically diverse communities and expand the study of risk factors.

Gel may eventually eliminate the need for animal testing in medical research.

Process makes tumors more sensitive to chemotherapy to improve targeted therapy.

Exercise following diagnosis may offer significant protection among cancer survivors.

Study determines which genetic mutations in cancer will be most likely to respond to chemotherapy.

Families of children with cancer face food, housing, and energy insecurity.

Top news of the week in cancer drug development.

Several genetic characteristics of more aggressive tumors significantly more prevalent in the African American community.

Contaminated dairy and beef with bovine leukemia virus may contribute to cancer development.

Health information sharing web site helps connect patients among more than 2500 conditions.

Study findings may change the development of cancer therapy.

Inhibiting the protein PARP 14 shows promise in stopping uncontrolled cancer cell growth.

Study finds inhibition of the NOTCH4 signal may be a promising target to prevent the growth and spread of cancer.

Novel method may reduce the length of treatment time and decrease side effects.

Top cancer-related news from the past week.