Breast Cancer Staging: What You Need To Know
Blog article about Breast Cancer Staging.
Medical/Science
Are Transgender Women At Risk for Breast Cancer?
Until recently, the medical community didn’t have data on breast cancer rates in the transgender community. Transgender people have historically faced large amounts of discrimination, and data often wasn’t taken or recorded appropriately.
Breast cancer: Vitamin D could lower risk by 21% in Black and Hispanic women
Blog article about new research highlights the importance of healthy vitamin D levels in black and hispanic women.
Physicians must ‘take responsibility’ for bone health of cancer survivors
Blog article about bone loss as relates to cancer treatment.
What Are the Types of Biopsy for Breast Cancer?
If your doctor suspects breast cancer, you’ll likely have a biopsy to confirm the diagnosis.
A dangerous breast cancer gene mutation changed my life. As a health reporter, I want you to know about it.
Most of us have heard about the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes…but what about the PALB2 gene, which stands for Partner And Locator of BRCA2?
Lumpectomy – 7 Things to Know
A lumpectomy is the most common type of surgery used in breast cancer treatment. At MD Anderson, our breast cancer surgeons perform around 900 lumpectomies each year.
Smarter Screening, Risk Assessments Are Key to Eliminating Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Outcomes
“Smarter screening” and a better understanding of the breast cancers women of color are more likely to develop are all crucial to helping these patients survive this disease at the same rates as their White counterparts.