Illinois lawmakers recently unanimously passed a bill (HB 5192) that seeks to reduce breast cancer health disparities among minority and immigrant women, the Chi-Town Daily News reports. Please read the complete article and let us know what you think below.

The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has recently updated its popular patient brochure, Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer. Radiation Therapy for Breast Cancer is a four-color brochure that helps women understand the types of radiation therapy they may be offered, including newer...

New automated breast ultrasound system automatically acquires volumes and offers intelligent clinical applications. Siemens Healthcare recently introduced the Acuson S2000 Automated Breast Volume Scanner (ABVS), the first multi-use ultrasound breast system that automatically acquires volume images...

We try to keep up with the Livestrong Twitters as much as possible- both Doug Ulman’s & Lance Armstrong’s (Hey Devon- Dan wants to know where yours is!). I think it’s pretty cool/amazing/spot on that Lance completes his rides, and then goes straight to advocating and meeting with...

Dr Sarah Cant, Policy Manager at Breakthrough Breast Cancer says: “Today’s report helps highlight that leading a healthier lifestyle plays an important part in reducing breast cancer risk. We know that maintaining a healthy body weight, regular exercise and limiting alcohol intake are some...

EVANSTON, Ill. — U.S. medical scientists say they have developed a technology that is capable of detecting never-before-seen signs of early-stage pancreatic cancer. A team of researchers led by Northwestern University biomedical engineering Professor Vadim Backman said although the new technique...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Breast cancer was 37 times more likely to occur in U.S. women given radiation to treat Hodgkin’s disease as children, researchers said. The higher the radiation dose, the higher the risk, medical scientists reported in the journal International Journal of Radiation Oncology...

ITHACA, N.Y. — A U.S. researcher has confirmed that an apple a day — plus other fruits and vegetable — does indeed reduce a woman’s risk of breast cancer. Rui Hai Liu of the University of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., said his six studies published in the past year add to...

NASHVILLE — U.S. cancer researchers say they have identified an area on chromosome 6 that’s strongly linked with breast cancer susceptibility in Asian women. The Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center investigators led by Dr. Wei Zheng said identification of the genetic “locus” might...

HOUSTON — Young women should not let pregnancy delay diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, U.S. researchers say. The study findings, published in the journal Cancer, indicated pregnancy had no impact on breast cancer survival after 10 years, but found women who were pregnant had been more likely...