Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer Death Risk Grows With Age

9 Feb 2012

A study in the February 8 edition of JAMA shows that postmenopausal women who suffer from hormone receptor-positive breast cancer have a higher death risk of breast cancer as they get older. Background information in the article states that: "Breast cancer is the leading contributor to cancer incidence and cancer mortality in women worldwide, with 1,383,500 new cases in 2008. In the United ...

National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc.(R) Rated Number One Breast Cancer Charity by America's Premier Charity Evaluator

9 Feb 2012

FRISCO, TX-- - Charity Navigator, America's premier charity evaluator, recently awarded the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. its highest 4-star rating. The rating is based on NBCF's ability to responsibly ...

A Better Way to Spend Breast Cancer Funds?

8 Feb 2012

We must move breast cancer advocacy to the next level, beyond screening for cancers that are already there, even beyond the cure, to finding the cause, writes Dr. Susan Love.