Breast cancer survival can be a likely outcome for many, thanks to the continuous production of thoroughgoing research, medicines and devices developed by scientists, experts and oncologists. But, survival is also determined by women and men owning knowledge about the most common form of cancer in the U.S, which usually is first detected by a breast lump or an abnormal mammogram.
Extract from rosehips, the red-orange fruit of the rose plant, could drastically reduce the development and migration of cells from a type of breast cancer, known as triple-negative, which represents about 10 to 20 percent of breast cancers.
Spanish and Mexican researchers have identified the specific molecule in a protein/protease that prevents the generation of fat cells. Those researchers committed 18 months to the creation of a drug to fight obesity. The timing is impeccable, as two new studies have just unveiled that obesity increases the risk of particular types of breast cancer in African-American and Hispanic women, especially if they're postmenopausal.
According to a new study led by researchers from University of California, San Francisco, one in five Latina women with indigenous American ancestors carry a variant that lowers their risk of breast cancer.
Numbers show that new cases of breast cancer and mortality rates are lower for Hispanic/Latina women than for non-Hispanic white women and African American women, yet breast cancer remains the leading cause of death for Latinas.
"Poder y Vida (Power and Life) Latina Initiative," launched by Susan G. Komen of Oregon & Southwest Washington, Kaiser Permanente Northwest and numerous other community organizations, was created with the intention of improving access to breast cancer screening.
A new study published in Trends in Molecular Medicine found that a class of environmental toxins known as gerontogens, which could accelerate the rate of aging.
Earlier this month, a lead radiological technologist in Perry, Ga. was convicted for falsifying and signing off on mammogram reports that incorrectly cleared nearly 1,300 women of signs of breast cancer or abnormalities.
F#ck Cancer! is an ambitious campaign, and declaration, which hopes to put an end to cancer by inviting more people to join the fight. The movement was created with the intention of involving young people, and encouraging them to act against cancer, particularly breast cancer.
