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10 Essential Facts About Breast Cancer

By Cathy Cassata; Reviewed by Kalyan Banda, MD | everydayHEALTH As scary as breast cancer is, learning about the disease can be empowering. Chances are you have a friend or family member who’s faced breast cancer. After all, 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with the disease at some point during their lives [in […]

My Right Breast: A Man Facing a Breast Lump and Mammogram

by B. D. Colen | The Huffington Post It began with an itch I just had to scratch. Doesn’t every adventure begin that way? I was lying in bed reading on a Saturday evening, and without even looking I idly scratched a spot on the right side of my chest — at that point I had […]

5 Fertility-Saving Options for Women Facing Cancer Treatment

By Jennifer Litton, MD | everydayHEALTH Dealing with a new cancer diagnosis can be overwhelming. During all of the doctor visits, diagnostic testing, and treatment planning, discussions about fertility preservation and options for parenthood after cancer may be overlooked. Women who want to start or expand their families are faced with the additional problem of […]

Stunning Book Of Portraits Shows ‘Beauty After Breast Cancer’

By Nina Bahadur, The Huffington Post When facing a preventative double mastectomy, Katelyn Carey had no idea what to expect. Now that she is past her procedure, she wants to tell other women in her position: You’re not alone. Carey, a nurse and mother of two, has a family history of breast cancer and underwent […]

Why the Annual Mammogram Matters

By SUSAN R. DROSSMAN, ELISA R. PORT and EMILY B. SONNENBLICK | The New York Times LAST week, the American Cancer Society announced changes to its influential guidelines for breast cancer screening. The society no longer recommends that women at average risk between the ages of 40 and 44 have mammograms and advises reducing the […]

What She Did Moments Before Surgery Was Awesome.

This Woman Was About To Go In For Surgery. What She Did Moments Before Was Awesome.By Lori Leibovich, The Huffington Post Facing a double mastectomy with grace takes courage. Facing one with courage and joy is extraordinary. But that’s exactly what Deborah Cohan did yesterday right before she went into surgery to have her breasts […]

Researchers Hail New Cancer Treatment: Unlocking the Body’s Immune System

By Don Melvin, CNN Researchers meeting in Chicago are hailing what they believe may be a potent new weapon in the fight against cancer: the body’s own immune system. An international study found that a combination of two drugs that helped allow the immune system to fight the cancer — ipilimumab and nivolumab — stopped […]

After Breast Cancer at 27 — Celebrating Life, Freedom and Friendship

By Sarah Thebarge, Special to Everyday Health This spring I went to see 12 Years A Slave with my housemates. The film is a poignant account of Solomon Northup, a free black man from the North who was kidnapped and sold as a slave in the deep South. He spent 12 years in captivity, during […]

Cancer Trials Are Changing. That Could Mean Faster Access to Better Drugs.

By Brady Dennis and Lenny Bernstein, The Washington Post The National Cancer Institute’s announcement Monday that it will soon begin a nationwide trial to test treatments based on the genetic mutations in patients’ tumors, rather than on where the tumors occur in the body, highlights a profound shift taking place in the development of cancer […]