breast cancer women

Women whose breast cancer is diagnosed and treated an early stage can look forward to a normal life expectancy.

Women who engage in regular, consistent exercise are less likely to develop breast cancer than women who are less active, according to two new studies.

An international group of investigators led by scientists at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and the National Cancer Institute has identified a new genetic marker of risk for breast cancer.

Women with this DNA variation are at a 1.4 times greater risk of developing breast cancer compared to those without the variation.

The findings are to be published online on March 3, 2008 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Women who live in neighborhoods with large amounts of nighttime illumination are more likely to get breast cancer than those who live in areas where nocturnal darkness prevails, according to an unusual study that overlaid satellite images of Earth onto cancer registries.