BREAST CANCER

(Reuters) - Older women with early stage breast cancer can safely skip radiation therapy and go straight to taking pills that help keep tumors from coming back, researchers reported on Thursday.

(Reuters) - The United States does not produce or import anywhere near enough fruits and vegetables to provide Americans the right kind of diet to prevent cancer, government researchers said on Wednesday.

The increase in the number of commercial breast imaging services, along with marketing tactics to promote them as non-invasive, safe and comfortable have raised concerns of the West Australian Cancer Council.

(Reuters) - British scientists have found five common genetic factors linked to the risk of developing breast cancer, giving researchers a better understanding of its causes and clues for developing more treatments.

A compound derived from broccoli could help prevent or treat breast cancer by targeting cancer stem cells according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Bakers Delight stores help raise $1 million to help women who have breast cancer.

(Reuters) - Mammograms detect few cancers in women under the age of 40 but cause expense and anxiety because women frequently get false positives that require follow-up to rule out cancer, researchers reported on Monday.

(Reuters) - Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice deplorable.

Olaparib, an experimental drug from AstraZeneca found to have shrank or stabilized tumors in around half of ovarian cancer patients with an inherited gene mutation in early-stage clinical tests.

According to an expert, the jury is still out on whether multi-vitamins have any positive or negative effects on a person's risk for developing cancer.

Intake of multivitamins on a daily basis causes higher risk to the development of breast cancer.

The project, which is unrivalled in scale, went underway in 2008 and is working to catalogue the genetic profiles of cancer cells collected from 25,000 people - 500 per targeted cancers.

Scientists at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have found that breast stem cells are extremely sensitive to the female hormones oestrogen and progesterone, a finding that opens the way for the development of new preventions and treatments for breast cancer.

An emotive advertisement which targets women who smoke will be shown on television in Victoria starting this Sunday.

A man whose parents both had breast cancer and who developed the same worrisome symptoms as his dad was denied a mammogram at a local health clinic - because he's a man.

Martina Navratilova, famous woman tennis player of her time, is diagnosed with breast cancer.

In a study in Occupational and Environmental Medicine, researchers found out that women during her mid 30's exposed to petrol products and synthetic fibers could treble the risk of developing breast cancer after menopause.

(Reuters) - Exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing breast cancer after the menopause, Canadian scientists said on Thursday.

Kylie Minogue, a breast cancer survivor, posed for a breast cancer campaign

According to research presented at the European Breast Cancer conference held in Barcelona, Spain from March 24 to 27, women who become pregnant after surviving breast cancer may actually improve their survival odds, but women with a postpartum diagnosis of breast cancer have increased mortality in comparison to other women diagnosed with the disease.

Cancer victims who have a breast removed do not necessarily live longer, a new study concluded. Researchers said some patients with breast cancer appear to live just as long whether they choose treatment preserving their breast or have mastectomy.