Metabolic factors may play a role in risk for breast cancer

Hot flushes are linked with a significant reduction...
(Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center) Women who have experienced hot flushes and other symptoms of menopause may have a 50 percent lower risk of developing the most common forms of breast...

Green Tea Doesn’t Prevent Breast Cancer, Study Finds
A study from Japan has found no association between drinking green tea and a reduced risk for breast cancer.

Protein predicts development of invasive breast...
(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) who exhibit an overexpression of the protein HER2/neu have a six-fold increase in risk of invasive...

The Breast Cancer Prevention Diet: The Powerful...
Until recently, there was little women could do to prevent breast cancer. After years of research, nutrition is emerging as one of the most important weapons to fight this deadly disease....

It's Not About the Hair: And Other Certainties of...
For more than two decades, author Debra Jarvis has counseled cancer patients in her work as a chaplain. Then, in an ironic twist, she herself was diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer. This...