(Paige Neal-Holder, Khadra Salad/ BBC News) — Researchers in the US have found a genetic link between people with African ancestry and an aggressive type of breast cancer. They hope their findings will encourage more black people to get involved in clinical trials in a bid to improve survival rates for people with the disease.
(Michelle Butterfield, Alyssa Julie/ Global News) — Hilary Boswell was diagnosed with breast cancer just days ahead of her 40th birthday.
“I was in some of the best shape of my life. My body had never been more fit or looked better.”
Her cancer diagnosis would quickly change that. A unilateral mastectomy — a surgery …
(Corrie Pelc/ Medical News Today) — A new study from the National Institutes of Health has found that women who use hair straightening products are twice as likely to develop uterine cancer than those who do not. Researchers believe Black women may be at increased risk due to a higher usage rate of hair straightening products. …
(News Medical Net) — Although breast cancer is more common in women, during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, experts from Cedars-Sinai Cancer are reminding men that they are at risk as well. One in every 100 breast cancers in the U.S. is diagnosed in a man, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. …
(Tasmiha Khan/ Health) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning patients who have breast implants or are considering getting them of additional cancers linked to implants, according to an FDA Safety Communication issued Thursday.
The cancers—squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and various lymphomas—are …
(Carma Hassan/ CNN News) — More people are surviving cancer than ever before in the United States, according to a new report from the American Association for Cancer Research.
In the past three years, the number of cancer survivors in the US – defined as living people who have had a cancer diagnosis – increased by more than …
(Peter B. Laird/ Baptist Health South Florida) — During her dominance of women’s tennis in the 1970s and 80s, former world number one and 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert faced down many impressive adversaries on the court. Throughout her remarkable run, Ms. Evert was tested many times, but never like she’s been …
(Jocelyn Solis-Moreira/ Heath) — The risk of cancer in young adults is rising at an alarming rate—and is expected to keep increasing with every new generation, according to new research.
A study published in Nature Reviews: Clinical Oncology that was focused on changes in the incidence of early-onset …
(Stephanie Dubois, Ioanna Roumeliotis/ CBC News) — Having more than six drinks per week leads to an increased risk of a host of health issues, including cancer, according to new proposed guidelines published Monday.
Any level of alcohol consumption had a net negative impact on health for almost every disease reviewed …
(Chris Melore/ Study Finds) — Ants may be the answer when it comes to creating an affordable test for diagnosing cancer. Researchers in France say they have successfully trained these ordinary insects to sniff out cancer cells. In lab experiments, the tiny cancer screeners could actually tell the difference between the …