Breast cancer study reveals a timing factor worth paying attention to
Breast cancer treatment has long followed a familiar sequence. Surgery comes first, usually a lumpectomy or mastectomy, and radiation follows. For decades that order has been treated as standard. A study out of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, published in 2017, raised a question that the oncology field hadn’t fully confronted: what if […]
What is breast cancer and what happens inside the body
Breast cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in women in the United States, and statistically, its reach is wide. One in 8 women will develop it at some point in their life. Men account for less than 1% of cases, but the disease is not exclusive to women. Understanding what is actually […]
New hope for treating triple negative breast cancer is finally within reach
Triple negative breast cancer occupies a particularly difficult corner of oncology. It accounts for roughly 10 to 15 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses, yet it behaves more aggressively than most other forms of the disease, tends to grow quickly and historically has offered fewer treatment options. The latest advances in cancer research are now […]
Breast cancer detection has 4 findings that explain why early screening changes everything
Breast cancer detection is the medical conversation that most women know they should be having more seriously than they are. The recommendations exist, the technology exists, and the evidence for why early detection changes outcomes is among the most well-established in all of oncology. And yet screening rates remain below where public health researchers believe […]
Breast cancer is getting younger and so should your first mammogram
Breast cancer has long been framed as a concern for women in their fifties and beyond, but that picture is changing in ways that demand attention. Rates of breast cancer among women under 50 have risen every year since 2012, and those diagnosed before the age of 40 are especially likely to present with more […]