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Here's why women should be screened for breast cancer

Improvements in treatments demonstrate the vital role that screening also has to play.

09 Nov 2018 1:49 PM

Researchers at the University of Bristol found that a preference for mornings reduced the risk of breast cancer by 40 to 48 percent. (Photo: Pixabay)

Early risers may be at lower risk of breast cancer, says study

The study on several women found some evidence for a causal link between sleeping for longer and breast cancer.

08 Nov 2018 8:48 AM

Morning people at lower risk of breast cancer

Researchers also found a link between sleeping for longer and breast cancer.

06 Nov 2018 4:32 PM

Women with rare cancer mutations likely to develop interval breast cancers

Here is what a new study has found.

04 Nov 2018 10:05 AM

Radiation therapy cuts low risk of recurrence of breast cancer

DCIS is a cancer of the cells that accounts for roughly one-fourth of all new breast cancers.

31 Oct 2018 10:58 AM

A woman can cut her chance of cancer by good nutrition and weight management.

Here are foods you can have for breast cancer prevention

One can lower their risk for breast cancer by having the right foods.

30 Oct 2018 6:35 PM

The study also highlights that blocking these receptors may help to prevent cancers spreading in the body. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here's how cancer spreads so easily through body

Study finds tumours push through blood vessels 200 times the force of ordinary cells.

30 Oct 2018 2:36 PM

Around 26000 people viewed her surgery on Facebook (Photo: AFP)

Woman encourages people to get checked for breast cancer by live streaming surgery

Breast cancer survivors and their loved ones across the globe are trying to bring attention to the issue by participating in runs.

26 Oct 2018 3:23 PM

A typical pregnancy lasts 40 weeks and a baby born before 37 weeks is considered premature. (Photo: Pixabay)

Week 34 of pregnancy reduces breast cancer risk, says study

Previous research highlighted how women under age of 30 can reduce their risk of contracting breast cancer later in life by having a baby.

24 Oct 2018 9:47 AM

LYNA was able to accurately pinpoint the location of both cancers and other suspicious regions within each slide, some of which were too small to be consistently detected by pathologists.

Google AI can now detect advanced breast cancer better than humans

It is said to be 99 per cent more accurate under the right circumstances.

16 Oct 2018 11:21 AM

Study indicates moderate, relatively short-term weight reduction was associated with a statistically significant reduction in breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here’s link between weight loss, breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Women with weight loss greater than or equal to 5 per cent had a 12 per cent lower breast cancer risk.

09 Oct 2018 8:46 AM

Stage 0 breast cancer, which is often detected accidentally during routine mammograms and screenings, has a speedy recover rate and a 95 per cent chance of not recurring.

The not so silent killer

LCIS is diagnosed mostly when a biopsy is done for some other indications.

01 Oct 2018 12:29 AM

Cancer of the uterus is the most common type of female reproductive cancer and the fourth most common cancer diagnosed in women

7 signs you could be suffering womb cancer

Womb cancer is more common in women who have more tummy fat and women who have been through the menopause.

25 Sep 2018 12:40 PM

Vitamin D may reduce cancer risk, breast cancer mortality

Here is what a new study has found.

21 Sep 2018 3:44 PM

Publishing their finding in the International Journal of Cancer, the authors said the hormone is a 'possible biomarker' for breast cancer. (Photo: AFP)

Fertility hormone linked to breast cancer risk, testing could help spot disease early

Those who have elevated levels of anti -Mullerian hormone (AMH are 60 per cent more likely to develop breast cancer.

21 Sep 2018 10:23 AM

Breast cancer screening not linked to life expectancy

It is due to better treatment.

14 Sep 2018 12:09 PM

Within six years of the woman's organs being transplanted, four of the five recipients had died as a result. (Photo: Pixabay)

Three people die of breast cancer having caught it from same organ donor

Donor died of a stroke in 2007 and donated her kidneys, lungs, liver and heart to patients needing transplants.

13 Sep 2018 2:58 PM

This new switch may control aggressive breast cancer

The gene Sox10 directly controls the growth and invasion of a significant fraction of hard-to-treat triple-negative breast cancers.

02 Sep 2018 2:42 PM

Study indicates that those with cancer that is growing but still confined to breast or nearby lymph nodes have a five-year survival rate of 93 per cent, however, this falls to just 22 per cent once the tumour has spread. (Photo: Pixabay)

Breast cancer cure: Discovery reveals how tumours can stop themselves from spreading

Study found that by activating the immune response, the primary tumour essentially shuts down its own spread.

30 Aug 2018 3:32 PM

This app can predict long-term risk of breast cancer

Find out how it works.

24 Aug 2018 5:14 PM

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