Breast Cancer Source

It is important for anyone woman to have Breast Cancer Awareness. This will help protect them because through awareness they can help catch it early enough for treatment. Aside from the occurrence of skin cancer, the occurrence of breast cancer is the next most common cancer to affect women.

Recognizing

You need to know your family history to help assess the risk factor Read more…

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What is a mammogram?

A mammogram is an x-ray of the breast. There are two types of mammograms. A screening mammogram is used to detect breast changes in women who have no signs or symptoms of breast cancer. It usually involves two x-rays of each breast. Mammograms make it possible to detect tumors.

A diagnostic mammogram is an x-ray of the breast used to check Read more…

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Has anyone had a mammogram done, but got a letter in the mail stating that they need to come in for more test?

My mom had a mammogram done three months ago, she got a letter in the mail saying she has to go back to do an ultrasound instead. what does that really mean? because I thought a mammogram should be able to tell if something is there or not. Please help… and Read more…

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If you’ve been keeping up with my blog posts lately you’ll know I’ve come to adding a few news posts from around the web on this subject. I’ve got a couple more today that are new and updated, so let me know what you think of em…

Frequent colorectal screening saves lives

Signs and symptoms of colorectal cancer are rectal bleeding, changes in bowel habits, blood in stools Read more…

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Male Breast Cancer – What You Should Know About!
 by: Fritz Frei

Have you know, that the breast cancer can also catch the man? Yes – it’s really true!

Have a look on the last news!

The special Risk Factors for Male Breast Cancer

- Only approximately 1-1.5% of all breast cancer cases occur in men.

- Several risk factors have been identified that make some men more Read more…

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Breast Cancer News, Headlines and Latest Stories on Yahoo! News

FRIDAY, March 5 (HealthDay News) — Some types of bone-building drugs used to prevent and treat osteoporosis might reduce the risk of breast cancer, according to new research.

Sort By:Marcy Scott is fighting breast cancer the same way she’s always tackled any job: with zeal.

Marcy Scott knows she’s Read more…

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Back with more news for you today. It’s amazing how much good information there is on this stuff out there if you know where to look. Three in particular that I found really valuable were…

For breast cancer treatment that causes joint pain, acupuncture …

Joint pain is a common side effect for women being treated with aromatase inhibitors for breast cancer. The treatment Read more…

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Metastatic Breast Cancer – Causes, Symptoms And Treatment.

In women, breast cancer is the common type of cancer and it is affecting one out of eight women. At any time, this cancer may develop and the risk increases with developing of cancer as the women get older. In most of the post-menopausal women, it is common and with the increase in age will increase Read more…

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