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Mall ejects sisters over ‘Fu*k Cancer’ shirts days after mom’s death
Two sisters say security guards at a mall in Pennsylvania ejected them from the building because they refused to remove hats and shirts with a profane anti-cancer message just days after the death of their mother. Zakia Clark, 29, and Tasha Clark, 27, told the Philadelphia Daily News that before…
Japanese specialist tests non-surgical ‘heavy ion radiotherapy’ breast cancer therapy
A Japanese cancer specialist said Wednesday she has started the world’s first clinical trial of a powerful, non-surgical, short-term radiation therapy for breast cancer. The National Institute of Radiological Sciences has begun the trial using “heavy ion radiotherapy” which emits a pinpoint beam that can be accurately directed at malignant…
Double mastectomy can dramatically reduce genetic cancer risk
Women whose genes put them at a high risk of contracting breast cancer can dramatically reduce the danger by having a double mastectomy — but not eliminate it altogether, experts say. The issue has been thrown into the spotlight with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie’s announcement that she had her breasts…
Angelina Jolie: I had double mastectomy to reduce risk of breast cancer
Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday that she has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer, saying she is speaking out to encourage women address threats to their health. Jolie, whose mother died of cancer at the age of 56, said she had managed to keep the…
Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis: study
Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis in women, said a study Wednesday that urged a thorough probe into the potential health risks of this type of cosmetic surgery. In a review of 12 earlier studies of breast cancer patients, a team of epidemiologists from Canada found that women with implants…
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in breast cancer gene patent case
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Monday in a challenge by a contingent of breast cancer patients and women’s health organizations against a Utah company’s claim to being able to patent human genes. Bloomberg News reported that the high court used analogies like chocolate-chip recipes in discussing the case,…
Supreme Court to rule on whether human genes can be patented
Utah biotech firm to argue its patents on breast and ovarian cancer genes are necessary to fund further research The US supreme court will hear oral arguments next week to decide whether companies can patent human genes, in a landmark case which could alter the course of US medical research…
Number of American cancer survivors expected to reach 18 million in a decade
The number of Americans who have survived cancer is on the rise and is expected to reach 18 million people in the next decade, according to a report released Wednesday. That would be a 30 percent increase over the latest figures in January 2012, which showed 13.7 million people in…
‘Smart bra’ detects breast cancer years earlier than mammograms
A new “smart bra” currently undergoing clinical trials can detect cell mutations in the breasts up to six years earlier than traditional mammograms, according to the company that made the device. The so-called “First Warning System” likely saved the life of Nedra Lindsay, a nurse who discovered she had breast…
Study finds increase in young women with advanced breast cancer
A study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association found an increase in advanced breast cancer among women under 40. According to the Associated Press, the rise in cancer cases is small, but troubling. Tumors found in young women are often more aggressive and grow unchecked because…
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