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BRCA1 and 2: The Breast Cancer Genes

Recent breast cancer statistics suggest that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Approximately 60 percent of women who have inherited these harmful gene mutations will develop breast cancer.

What It’s REALLY Like to Hear the Words: “You Have Cancer” 

In any word association exercise, the word cancer is most often linked with death.  Maybe two percent of outliers would say “tumor” or “sick”,...

10 Top Tips to Drop Your Breast Cancer Risk

BREAST CANCER MORTALITY IS DROPPING, but are you doing all you can to reduce your risk of getting (and dying) from the disease?

Mammogram Myth Busters: Too Many or Too Few? New Guidelines Explained

For three decades, the yearly mammogram breast cancer screening, but a recent guideline update has thrown a wrench into this familiar routine.