Breast Cancer

Birth control is a part of many women’s lives, but a new study is showing how it could impact the body in a way many would not expect.

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one’s risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows.

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one’s risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows.

All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot.

A new breast cancer study finds many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are the symptoms and signs of breast cancer, and how you can lower your risk.

Calling herself the “Screen Queen,” Katie Couric is using her recent breast cancer diagnosis as motivation to inspire other women to get their annual mammograms.

Katie Couric revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer. Cancer experts share how they diagnose the disease and why staging is so important.

Calling the experience ”extremely scary,” “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler showcased a scar she received after undergoing a biopsy of her breast.

Doctors are reporting a new gain in breast cancer treatment. Some HER2 negative breast cancers are actually “HER2 low” and can benefit from a drug targeting the HER2 protein.

“It’s a personal choice to make this public, but sharing my experience makes cancer feel purposeful,” Shearer wrote.

A New England woman who underwent life-changing surgery Wednesday arrived to the hospital for her procedure surrounded by an attention-grabbing show of support. “I love you,” Beth White, 44, said as she waved to friends and relatives who drove past her in a vehicle parade. The parade circled White before the artist and pilot checked in for a double mastectomy…

A woman set to undergo a double mastectomy at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington was escorted to the procedure by a parade of vehicles led by Vermont’s Christmas concrete mixer.

Ann-Marie Appiah Swatson remembers feeling a lump in her breast and getting tested. Thankfully, it was benign – but she says it shows the importance for young women of color to know their genetic history and get tested. She’s the founder of nonprofit Painted Pink, encouraging just that.

The Maryland man lost three sisters to breast cancer.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer.