What is inflammatory breast cancer? Inflammatory breast cancer is a locally advanced cancer. This type is rare but very aggressive. The cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. It called “inflammatory” because the breast often looks red and swollen. Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) probably accounts for about 1% of all [...]

Along the month of October, we can find pink ribbons everywhere. That’s reminds us to race, drive, cook and shop for breast cancer. But where and who did the pink ribbon at the beginning? In the early 1990s, 68-year-old Charlotte Haley began manufactured peach ribbons by hand in her home. Her family all had breast [...]

The primary goal of breast cancer staging system is to manage as soon as possible the different factors and some of the personality features of the cancer into categories in order to make the cancer clear to treat. Breast cancer stage is based on the size of the tumor, whether lymph nodes are affected, whether [...]

In her report, Larissa Korde, principal researcher at the Clinical Genetics Branch Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, US, reported that soy consumption from childhood was associated with reduced breast cancer risk. Breast cancer risk has always related with daily food habits. Breast cancer rates are high in western nations as compared [...]

News of a prototype breast cancer “vaccine” caused something of a stir in the media recently, with flurries of reports on how researchers at the Cleveland Clinic have come up with a jab that could prime the body to recognise and destroy breast cancer cells. The approach centres on a naturally occurring protein called alpha- [...]

Although it is rare for breast cancer to strike younger women, the fact remains that all women are at risk. And for those of childbearing age, the first sign and symptoms of breast cancer leading to a diagnosis can not only be upsetting and unexpected, but complicated as well. One concern is developing breast cancer [...]