Women from some of Queensland’s most remote communities are travelling hundreds of kilometres to Townsville for specialist ...

THOUSANDS of women with breast cancer could avoid chemotherapy without risking their survival chances thanks to a new gene test. The Prosigna check uses a biopsy or tumour sample after surgery to ...

For many breast cancer patients, surgery ends one ordeal and begins another. The tumor may be gone, after a mastectomy, the ...

Substantial and sustained weight loss has been linked to a reduced risk of cancer and cancer-related death, mainly in women. Two new studies now provide clues to why the risk is reduced—and suggest ...

The largest randomized trial of its kind to date found noninferior survival and better arm morbidity among patients with breast cancer who did not undergo completion axillary lymph node dissection.

You’re a woman with breast cancer. Your life has changed. You know you are getting a mastectomy but have no idea what life looks like beyond surgery and survival.

Thousands of women could now be spared one of the most debilitating side-effects of breast cancer treatment - lifelong ...

A 21-year-old woman's journey highlights the critical importance of early intervention after a 1.75kg breast tumor, a giant fibroadenoma, grew to 21cm. The complex surgery involved complete tumor ...

Mandy Moore, Audrey Andrews, and Angela Oliver say they had faith and confidence in their former breast surgeon, Dr. Sasa ...

Omitting completion axillary lymph node dissection does not increase risk for death for patients with clinically node-negative breast cancer, but it does significantly improve arm distress.Data from ...

Applies to most patients with one or two positive sentinel lymph nodes ...

Being called back after a mammogram can be stressful, but prompt follow-up care can bring clarity, as one patient’s ...