Tsedey Tsegaye had her sights on a career in health communication—until a civil war upended her life. A scholarship...
A breast cancer diagnosis can pose innumerable challenges, and with the average age at diagnosis dropping, the impact of...
Imagine a series of switches on a wall. When a patient is diagnosed with cancer, physicians often decide which...
Amy Bianchi discovered a lump in her breast when her first child was 18 months old. She was diagnosed...
Cancer treatment is a double-edged sword. Intense or multi-pronged treatment may lead to better killing of tumor cells, but...
Researchers, physicians, patients, and other stakeholders convened in San Antonio, Texas, December 6-10 for the annual San Antonio Breast...
Most breast cancers express the estrogen and/or progesterone hormone receptors, which fuel tumor growth upon engagement with their respective...
About 80 percent of breast cancers express the estrogen receptor (ER). In ER-positive tumors, estrogen is the main driver...
Surrounding a tumor is a vast network of blood vessels, immune cells, proteins, and even bacteria, all of which...
Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is aggressive, with high risk of metastasis and recurrence, and is challenging to treat due to a lack of effective targeted therapies. However, a higher...
When Abigail Johnston’s first child entered preschool six years ago, a vigilant pediatrician recommended an unusual strategy for minimizing...