breast cancer

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual health campaign to promote screening and prevention of the disease.

Doherty, who died at 53, almost ten years after she was first diagnosed with breast cancer, was a child actor, most notably on Little House on the Prairie. She was in Heathers in 1988, which is a bright spot on any résumé. But she became an icon as Brenda Walsh on Beverly Hills, 90210, one of the biggest hits of the early '90s and the spark for many teen soaps that came later.

A rise in breast cancer among younger women prompted the U.S. Preventive Task Force to issue new screening guidelines. They recommend mammograms every other year, starting at age 40.

Mission Plasticos, which recently expanded into Austin, helps provide free reconstructive surgery for uninsured and underinsured women.

Breast cancer is the second most common form of cancer in women. If treated early, the chances of surviving the disease look good. But how often should people be getting their mammograms, and what are some ways you can examine yourself?

The idea that there may be medicines already out there, safe and approved by the FDA and just waiting to be rediscovered is tantalizing for scientists, doctors, and patients.

It’s estimated there’ll be nearly 269,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer this year. It’s not a disease most people care to think about until it...

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosis and second most deadly cancer for women in the U.S. Less than 1% of cases occur in men, but they…

Some San Antonio scientists are developing a new drug that could help save the lives of women whose breast cancer comes back. Recurrent tumors are common…

Surgeons have several options when it comes to rebuilding breasts after surgery related to breast cancer. But for replacing nipples, women have fewer…