by Dr. Monica Sheth | Apr 23, 2025
If you are pregnant or breastfeeding, you may wonder whether breast cancer screening and diagnostic imaging are safe and effective for you. Can these tests be done without harming your baby? Will changes in your breasts affect how doctors interpret the results? Fortunately, research has provided clear, evidence-based recommendations to guide patients and healthcare providers.
by World Health Organization | Mar 14, 2025
Published today in Nature
Medicine, the study finds that on average, 1 in 20 women worldwide will be diagnosed with breast cancer in
their lifetime, and that if current rates continue, by 2050 there will be 3.2 million new breast cancer cases and
1.1 million breast cancer-related deaths per year, and the growth will disproportionately affect countries with a
low Human Development Index (HDI).
by Melanie McDermet, M.S. | Jan 21, 2025
When a healthcare provider suggests genetic testing for a personal or family history of breast cancer, they may say “BRCA testing.” However, this term doesn’t capture the full scope of what genetic testing offers today. The first BRCA tests, introduced in 1996, were...
by Hannah O'Neill | Mar 25, 2024
Have you ever wondered where your breast cancer risk falls? Are you at a higher or lower risk? Should you be getting screened sooner? There is a straightforward way to answer these questions. The American College of Radiology recommends that all females have a formal...
by Dr. Barry K. Douglas, MD, FACS | Apr 18, 2023
Yes, by removing a significant portion of breast tissue during a breast reduction procedure, your risk is lowered by reducing the amount of tissue that could potentially undergo cancerous transformation. There is clearly still a cancer risk since there is plenty of...
by U.S. Food and Drug Administration | Mar 9, 2023
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published updates to the mammography regulations to, among other things, require mammography facilities to notify patients about the density of their breasts, strengthen the FDA’s oversight and enforcement of facilities and...
