#breast cancer

A meta-analysis of 18 studies found that late diagnosis and mortality were significantly higher among American women than African women.

New report highlights cancer’s toll on racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations.

Prestigious prize goes to researchers who identified B cells and T cells and others who invented the HER2 targeted cancer therapy Herceptin.

This held particularly true for prostate and breast cancers in a recent analysis.

They also have a higher rate of death from cancer after receiving a diagnosis.

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle saw many important studies that are advancing the fight against HIV.

A study in Botswana showed that women with HIV had shorter survival than HIV-negative women with breast cancer.

Ideally, all patients with advanced cancers would be in clinical trials. Until then, the right to try is an option we all should have.

Right to Try bills attack the one agency tasked with verifying the safety and efficacy of medications.

However, older people with HIV have a lower rate of a few other cancers compared with the general population.

Cryotherapy reduced symptoms of peripheral neuropathy in women with breast cancer.

With the HIV population aging, it is increasingly at risk of such age-related cancers.

Drugs that block the CCR5 receptor on cells—such as HIV med Selzentry (maraviroc)—may also help prevent aggressive breast cancers...

Bonnie Goldman, the former editorial director of The Body, died December 31 of breast cancer, The Body reports.

Pink Ribbon Red Ribbon (PRRR) is a new partnership hoping for commitments of $75 million in public and private contributions over five years

As people with HIV survive longer, diseases with long latency periods notably non-AIDS cancers and cardiovascular disease are emerging.