Breast Cancer Features

Cancer treatment can sap your appetite, but that's when getting adequate nutrition is more important than ever. Here's how to meet your needs.

Vision and sheer determination have given us hope for breast cancer treatment and prevention.

How do you tell the kids? How can you stay calm? There are some questions your doctor can't answer. Here are insights from people who understand – other women with breast cancer.

You may feel tired and smells may nauseate, but it's important to keep your energy up during treatment. Here are some suggestions.

What now? Here are insights on intimacy from women living – and loving – with breast cancer.

If the woman you love is diagnosed with breast cancer, you have to cope, too.

An array of high-tech detection techniques and devices is on the scientific horizon.

From tweaking the size and timing of chemotherapy, to adjusting how it's administered, small improvements are making a big difference in women's lives.

Future breast cancer treatments will be a lot smarter about the cells they target.

New Treatments Are Prolonging Survival and Improving Quality of Life

What now? Here are insights on intimacy from women living – and loving – with breast cancer.

Women with breast cancer face a big decision: Are the benefits of the cancer drug tamoxifen worth the risks?

John Cope was shocked when he learned he had breast cancer. Then he made himself a warrior -- and survived.

Activist Barbara Brenner isn't content with pink ribbons, breast cancer walks, and fundraising postage stamps. She's an in-your-face fighter against the disease.

When a mammogram fails, does a woman have the right to sue?

Fighting Cancer With Exercise: One Woman's Story

Women seeking mammograms can find the highest quality screenings from radiologists and doctors who have years of experience performing and reading mammograms on a daily basis.

Medical experts say there are several reasons why a mammogram may fail to detect a cancerous tumor.

For years, research on whether exercise helps reduce breast cancer risk has turned up conflicting results. Now the clouds of confusion are starting to clear.