Breast Cancer News

Jan. 25, 2004
US Breast Cancer victims undertreated
"Alarming new research shows breast cancer undertreatment is common in the U.S., and experts say women may be dying unnecessarily as a result.."

Jan. 24, 2004
Anti persperants and Breast Cancer - a link?
"For years, rumors have circulated on the Internet that antiperspirant use causes breast cancer, despite a complete lack of scientific evidence to support the claim. Cancer experts say there is no cause for concern, but a group of researchers in the U.K. aren't so sure.

Jan. 6, 2004
Breast Cancers Are Commonly Undertreated
"Alarming new research shows breast cancer undertreatment is common in the U.S., and experts say women may be dying unnecessarily as a result..."

Dec. 23, 2003
Genetic Test Predicts Breast Cancer Recurrence
A new genetic profiling test can help determine whether women with newly diagnosed breast cancer need to take chemotherapy, researchers say.

Nov. 26, 2003
Abortion-Breast Cancer Malpractice Suit Settlement is the First Ever
"The case is the first medical malpractice suit in the U.S. to obtain a settlement based on a claim that women considering abortions should be informed that it increases the risk of contracting breast cancer..."

Nov. 25, 2003
New Technique to Diagnose Breast Cancer
"Researchers from the University of Minnesota are working on a new way to diagnose breast cancer without having to perform a biopsy on suspected tissue. The technique uses high-level magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, along with a method developed by the investigators called spectroscopy ...the combined technique, known as magnetic resonance spectroscopy, or MRS, is currently being tested..."

Nov 7, 2003
77 Year Old Woman Wins Malpractice Suit
"A jury awarded $500,000 to a Vineland woman for pain and suffering that occurred from a botched chemotherapy treatment...."

Nov 2, 2003
Breast cancer test's value under review
"The best protection is early detection." But increasingly, debate questions that mammography and breast self-exam may have less impact than previously thought on a woman's chance of beating the disease..."

New Blood Test shows promise in detecting cancer Dec 2002