Breast cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer for women, with 300,000 Americans diagnosed this year alone. While this may sound like a scary statistic, the odds are in our favor. Thanks to ...

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The 2025 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium brought plenty of data and bold new ideas to the thousands of clinicians, ...

Defects (mutations) in genes that result in uncontrolled growth and spread of breast duct cells cause breast cancer to form. Mutations can occur spontaneously or from exposure to environmental toxins, ...

“Our investigation confirms the harmful effect of alcohol consumption on cancer risk, but suggests that alcohol only increases cancer risk in body parts with direct exposure to alcohol,” said ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spotlight a disease that will affect hundreds of thousands of Americans this year. In the U.S., a new case of breast cancer is diagnosed about every ...

Each year about 9,000 men in the U.S. are diagnosed with testicular cancer. Most are under age 35, though the disease can affect boys and men at any age. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers ...

The 85-year-old singer says that his cancer was caught early and is "gone at the moment", and is calling for others to get tested.