RACE MATTERS WHEN IT COMES TO BREAST CANCER GENES. Or does it? After performing a case-control study, researchers report no meaningful differences in the prevalence of abnormal breast cancer risk... Read More
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AI and Cancer
Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is rapidly becoming a game-changer in cancer prediction, diagnosis, and treatment.... Read More
Screening Mammogram Changes
Black women diagnosed with breast cancer in their 40s have twice the mortality rate of white women.... Read More
Soy and Breast Cancer
Phytoestrogens consist primarily of isoflavones (high concentrations in soybeans and other legumes) and lignans (in various fruits, vegetables, and cereal products).... Read More
A New Breast Cancer Risk
This is the first study analyzing breast density changes, over time, in an individual breast (rather than averaging the two breasts). While breast density typically declines with age, a slower rate of decline in one breast (than the other) often precedes a cancer diagnosis in that breast.... Read More
Breast Cancer and Genes
Not all who have a BRCA mutation will develop cancer, but having such a gene mutation increases the cancer risk. For example, about 50 percent of women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation will be diagnosed with breast cancer by age 70, compared with seven out of 100 in the general USA population.... Read More