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Mission Plasticos, which recently expanded into Austin, helps provide free reconstructive surgery for uninsured and underinsured women.
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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?
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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.
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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...
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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…
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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…
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Surgeons have several options when it comes to rebuilding breasts after surgery related to breast cancer. But for replacing nipples, women have fewer…
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Being overweight puts women at greater risk for breast cancer. It also increases the chance the cancer will come back. New research shows shedding extra…
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More than 7,000 researchers from 90 countries are meeting this week at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.One of the San Antonio doctors sharing his…
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Black women are more likely to die of breast cancer than are white women, and that's especially true for older women, the CDC reports. Lack of access to quality health care is a big factor.