While more women than ever are surviving breast cancer, they often do so with bad side effects. Studies are showing that physical therapy early in the post-treatment phase can help.
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Breast cancer, once a death sentence, now has a survival rate of more than 90 percent. This means that millions of women suffer effects of treatment. Recent research shows ways to overcome them.
Mutations in BRCA genes are linked to the early onset of breast and ovarian cancers. But the effect of most mutations is unclear. Now new research can distinguish harmless from dangerous mutations.
Labelling very low-risk conditions as cancers can cause unnecessary anxiety and lead to overtreatment.
New research reveals the risks of lung cancer after breast cancer radiotherapy and identifies the best treatment to reduce these risks.
Headlines that 70% of women with breast cancer don't need chemo need to be heeded with caution: it's a very specific (but substantial) subtype that was studied.
A cancer is in remission when it can no longer be detected. But we only say it's cured when it hasn't come back for a certain time – and that differs for different cancers.
Unfortunately, there is no net benefit-ometer for breast cancer screening.
New research suggests omega-3s from seafood to be more effective at reducing breast cancer risk than those from plant-based sources.
Historically the advice to cancer patients was to rest and avoid activity. We now know this advice may be harmful to patients, and that every person with cancer would benefit from exercise medicine.
A genetics testing company recently won approval from the FDA to market a test that can identify a breast cancer gene mutation. But what are women supposed to do with that information? There's risk involved.
The growing list of alcohol-related diseases includes bowel cancers, mouth and oesophageal cancers, breast cancers, heart disease, respiratory infections and mental health problems.
Research has resulted in advances in treating breast cancer in recent decades, but a wide gap exists in mortality rates between African-American women and white women. Here's a look into why.
The study showed that every 10% increase in consumption of ultra-processed food was linked to a 12% increase in developing some types of cancers. But it didn't show the processed food caused cancers.
Great strides have been made in cancer medicine over decades, but it's important not to forget the growing role that kindness and empathy play in good care.
There are currently few effective and non-invasive methods to screen for early stages of cancer. But scientists have now developed a new blood test that promises to detect eight different cancers.
There is usually no one factor that causes breast cancer. It's likely a combination of the effects of a person's risks combined with an element of bad luck.
Breast cancer awareness month may be over, but don't put away your pink. The disease is with us year-round. While researchers have found several ways to treat it, here are some things to know.
The majority of research suggests the benefits of mammography screening greatly outweigh the harms for women over age 40.
Researchers have long been looking for clues into how to treat triple negative breast cancer. Could fighter blood cells that infiltrate the tumor provide insight?
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Professor of Breast Cancer Research, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Sciences,, Queensland University of Technology
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Director, University of South Australia Cancer Research institute, University of South Australia
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Professor & Deputy Director, Women's Health Program, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor, School of Medicine, University of Connecticut
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Professor of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Adjunct Professor, School of Psychology, Curtin University and College of Health and Medicine, Australian National Univerity. CEO, Public Health Association of Australia, Public Health Association Australia
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Professor of Surgical Oncology, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Honorary Adjunct Associate Professor, Bond University
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Honorary Associate, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, La Trobe University
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Senior lecturer in Pharmacology, University of Adelaide
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Associate Professor, Health Sociologist, Centre for Health Equity, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
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Professor School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Professor of Oncology, Head of the RMH Familial Cancer Centre and Joint Head, Breast Cancer Laboratory, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
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Medical Oncologist and Laboratory Head, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute
