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October 22, 2015

Web module helps patients decide about lung cancer screening

A brief web-based decision aid gives current or former smokers individualized feedback on whether or not lung cancer screening is right for them, according to a small study.

October 21, 2015

5 foods that can help cut breast cancer risk

Healthy diet and eating habits can go a long way in lowering cancer risk.

October 21, 2015

Breast cancer screening advice from 2 major groups compared

Advice varies on when women should start getting screened for breast cancer and how often.

October 20, 2015

American Cancer Society eases mammogram recommendations

In a major shift, the American Cancer Society is recommending that women at average risk of breast cancer get annual mammograms starting at age 45 rather than at age 40, and that women 55 and older scale back screening to every other year.

June 19, 2015

In utero DDT exposure tied to increased breast cancer risk

Adult daughters of women exposed to the once-common pesticide DDT during pregnancy may have an increased risk for developing breast cancer, a study suggests.

June 15, 2015

Woman's death linked to alternative cancer treatment

A Colorado woman died after using cesium chloride supplements as an alternative treatment for breast cancer, a new case study reports.

June 12, 2015

Woman with breast cancer defies Facebook backlash to bare her scars online

It might have cost her 100 Facebook friends, but a Brisbane, [Australia] mother has no regrets about sharing confronting images of her breast cancer battle online.

May 21, 2015

Study finds breast cancer overtreatment costs US $4B per year

Sharpening a medical debate about the costs and benefits of cancer screening, a new report estimates that the U.S. spends $4 billion a year on unnecessary medical costs due to mammograms that generate false alarms, and on treatment of certain breast tumors unlikely to cause problems.

May 6, 2015

An ESPN reporter who deserves more publicity, not less

Shelley Smith has been a reporter for ESPN for more than 20 years. Like Britt, Shelley got into a nasty fight with an enemy. But you might not have heard about it. Shelley is battling breast cancer.

February 5, 2015

Fears of addiction keep cancer patients from getting pain relief

Fears of opioid abuse and addiction might be keeping patients with advanced cancer from getting enough pain medicine, researchers say.