Oct 13 Is #NoBraDay actually raising breast cancer awareness? By Colleen Shalby Of the more than 150,000 tweets mentioning #NoBraDay that have surfaced over the past day, roughly 10 percent make any mention of “breast cancer,” the reason for the hashtag altogether. Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch 7:05 Study raises questions about treatment for early breast cancer By PBS News Hour A new study has found that women who received lumpectomies and mastectomies for very early stage breast cancer had similar survival rates to those who had less radical treatments. Dr. Steven Narod of the Women's College Research Institute and Dr. Continue watching
Apr 06 Breast cancer overtreatment costs U.S. $4 billion a year By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press A new report estimates that the U.S. spends $4 billion a year on unnecessary medical costs due to mammograms that generate false alarms, and on treatment of certain breast tumors unlikely to cause problems. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch 5:00 Study raises questions about value of breast cancer biopsies By PBS News Hour Breast biopsies are good for accurately diagnosing invasive cancerous cells, but are less accurate when it comes to finding other abnormalities, according to a new study. This means many women may receive unnecessarily aggressive treatment. Hari Sreenivasan learns more about… Continue watching
May 23 Watch Memphis churches rally to close disparity in breast cancer survival rates By PBS News Hour The rate of breast cancer deaths for African American women nationally is 40 percent greater than that of white women, according to a study published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology. In Memphis, the city with the widest disparity, a… Continue watching
May 15 Watch Why Angelina Jolie Decided to Undergo Preventative Double Mastectomy Understanding Angelina Jolie's Decision to Undergo Preventative Double Mastectomy… Continue watching
Apr 15 Watch Supreme Court Tackles Case of Patent Law, Human Genetics The Supreme Court heard arguments in a case on whether a biotech company can patent a gene associated with cancer. Jeffrey Brown gets details from National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle, plus viewpoints from Ellen Matloff of Yale Cancer Center, a… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch Are Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Tool’s Prevention Capability Are Annual Mammograms Necessary? Physicians Debate Tool's Prevention Capability… Continue watching
Sep 24 Watch First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Breast Cancer Could Change Treatment First Comprehensive Genetic Analysis of Breast Cancer Could Change Treatment… Continue watching