Recently Angelina Jolie announced that she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in order to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer, she said she "hopes other women can benefit from my experience". When she found out what...
Kyle Richards may owe her life to Angelina Jolie.
A week after that A-lister revealed in a moving New York Times piece that she underwent a double mastectomy, Richards Tweeted that she'll soon be following the star's lead.
"I lost my Mom to...
Grab a dictionary, look up the word “adorable.” and enjoy these photos of Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield that are bound to be in there. The Amazing Spider Man co-stars, and ridiculously perfect couple, were spotted showing off their PDA...
A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world’s first clinical trial of a powerful, non-surgical, short-term radiation therapy for breast cancer. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences has begun the trial using...
Barbara Brenner, who led the group Breast Cancer Action and shaped it in her own combative image, pillorying the medical establishment, industrial polluters and even other cancer research advocates, died May 10 at her home in San Francisco.
When Angelina Jolie announced that she’d undergone a bilateral mastectomy to prevent the breast cancer for which a genetic mutation puts her at high risk, I found myself, as a doctor and as a woman, full of admiration and gratitude for...
On April 14, The United States Preventive Services Task Force concluded that women with an elevated risk of breast cancer – who have never been diagnosed with breast cancer but whose family history and other medical factors increase their odds of...
By Jennifer L.W Fink RN
Angela Jolie cut her breasts off.
The real story, of course, is a bit more complicated than that. Jolie, a famous actress and humanitarian who lost her mother to ovarian cancer, revealed on May 14th 2013 in the New York...
We live in a strange world. What would happen if tomorrow a common sedative was found to cause 21,000 cancer deaths every year? What if it resulted in breast cancer, mouth cancer, hepatoma and esophageal malignancies, and if the average patient lost...
As many of you know, our dear friend Christy Hardin Smith is in the middle of a health crisis, she was diagnosed with treatable breast cancer. But true to form, she is handling it with grace.
So far there have been tests, surgery, tests, tests,...
In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and...
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Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer, after she learnt she carried the BRCA1 gene, resulted in blanket coverage across the media this week. You can read about her reasons...
Kathleen Mason, ex-CEO of Tuesday Morning (Credit: Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)Shortly after informing the board of directors of her breast cancer, former CEO of Tuesday Morning was ousted as the head of the furniture retail company last June....
(MedPage Today) -- The rate of breast cancer screening among women in their 40s does not appear to have declined significantly, despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, a new study found.
The cause of breast cancer still remains a mystery. However, a researcher at the University of Connecticut believes he may have discovered why there's been such large a jump in the number of cases over the past few decades. And his hypothesis is...
Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research. In 2009, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) sifted through the...
Tuesday Morning's (TUES) ex-CEO Kathleen Mason sues the company , claiming it discriminated against her when she developed breast cancer. Mason alleges the board of directors "regarded her as being disabled" after her diagnosis and "overreacted"...
Post by Lindsay FerrierAngelina Jolie revealed in the New York Times this week that she had a pre-emptive double mastectomy, after discovering that she had the same mutant gene that caused her own mother to die of breast cancer at the age of...
