When Trish Michelle first told her doctor about a lump in her breast at age 37, his response was that it “didn’t exist,” she tells SELF. In his view, there was little reason to be suspicious: Her ...

Many still associate cancer with aging, and the majority of breast cancer cases and deaths do involve older women. However, a new study from the American Cancer Society notes an uptick in cases among ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month — a time when the disease affecting hundreds of thousands of American women each year gets renewed attention. American women have a one in eight chance (12.9%) ...

For women who’ve had breast cancer and would like to have a child, taking a break from a common treatment to try for a pregnancy appears safe in the short term. A clinical trial studied the effect of ...

It’s time to think about your breasts — not just this month because it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but every month. One in 8 women will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in their lifetimes ...

In Arizona, female breast cancer was the No. 1 cancer diagnosis in the state from 2017-21. An average of 902 women in Arizona died from breast cancer each year from 2018-22, with 65.1% of those deaths ...