Mammography has saved hundreds of thousands of lives by detecting breast cancer early in women. Could such regular X-ray screening also help men? A new study argues there’s potential benefit in regular mammograms for men who are at high risk of breast cancer. Mammography accurately detected dozens of cases of breast cancer in nearly 1,900
Patients with a form of blood cancer known as multiple myeloma who haven’t responded to other therapies might have a new weapon against the disease, researchers say. A drug called selinexor appeared to help patients with the blood and bone marrow cancer, according to a clinical trial involving 122 people. “This study proved that a
Surviving breast cancer is certainly its own reward, but a new study finds that many who do are saddled with thousands in out-of-pocket expenses for years. On average, breast cancer survivors get hit with an extra $1,100 in yearly out-of-pocket cancer-driven costs, researchers found. But interviews with 129 breast cancer survivors further revealed that the
High health insurance deductibles cause some American women with breast cancer to delay care, according to a new study. Researchers found that women who were newly-diagnosed with breast cancer were more likely to put off getting diagnostic imaging and biopsies if they had had insurance plans with deductibles of at least $1,000, The New York
Healthy habits are key to preventing the disease, cancer experts say More than half of cancer deaths could be prevented through healthy habits such as eating right, exercising and not smoking, according to the American Cancer Society. Doctors at Philadelphia’s Fox Chase Cancer Center offer some advice to help you settle into the new year
And the disparity between black and white women is narrowing, CDC says The racial gap for breast cancer deaths is closing, particularly among younger women, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. Breast cancer death rates are down overall for both white and black women, though there’s still a disparity between the races. Between 2010 and 2014,
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