This past year I was fortunate to be chosen as an Albert Schweitzer fellow and was tasked with continuing an established project dedicated to improving the health literacy of underserved women at our ...

Michael Norton, chairman of the breast program at Christus Mother Frances Hospital and section chief of General Surgery, poses with office team staff. When it comes to breast cancer, early detection ...

I had breast cancer two times, at 35 and 39. Both times, I found it myself. Both times I had it, I was younger than the age people typically started having mammograms Updated guidelines recommend ...

A breast self-exam is something that anyone can perform in the privacy of their own home to check to see if there are any abnormalities in their body. Helen Nichter reminds us that all bodies are ...

0.8 cm Mammograms can detect many other non-invasive cancers (such as DCIS) which are less than 1.0 cm 1 cm Average size of cancer found by women who practice regular breast self-exam. 2.62 cm Average ...

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and cancer awareness starts with general breast awareness. Dr. Julie Nangia, medical director of breast oncology at the Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer ...

Breast self-exam, or regularly examining your breasts on your own, can be an important way to find breast cancer early, when it’s more likely to be treated successfully—and you definitely don’t need ...

IN TONIGHT’S WOMAN’S DOCTOR, EARLY DETECTION OF SYMPTOMS CAN BE A GAME CHANGER IN TREATING BREAST CANCER. JUST THIS PAST WEEK. BOY MEETS WORLD STAR DANIELLE FISHEL REVEALED. A ROUTINE MAMMOGRAM ...

According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, one out of eight American women will develop breast cancer sometime in their life and it is the leading cause of cancer deaths in Illinois women.

Women should start getting regular mammograms at a younger age than previously recommended, a new proposal from a leading health panel says. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said in draft ...