Breast Cancer

Women, having unpleasant armpit odor and wet and viscous earwax, may need to check themselves for breast cancer, a new study suggests.
Japanese scientists found that breast cancer gene causes such symptoms as excessive armpit odor and wet and sticky earwax.

Women, facing negative life events were found to have the increased risk of breast cancer, the new study says.

Scientists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel conducted a research that revealed the link between breast cancer and stressful life events. According to the study, happy and optimistic women may be better protected from the tumor than those, whose emotional life was more disturbed.

Women, trying to protect themselves from breast cancer, have one more reason to keep to Mediterranean diet. Extra-virgin olive oil that is included in this popular diet was found to have chemicals that suppress breast cancer cells.

A new device called Breatslight was released to help women do regular check-ups of their breasts to detect early signs of any abnormalities.

Breast self-examination is the best way to reveal any changes in the breast that may indicate a number of health problems and detect breast cancer at an early stage.

A new material made of small fragments of diamonds may become a new breakthrough solution in cancer treatment.

The researchers at Northwestern University developed a patch made of nanodiamonds, tiny bits of diamonds consisting of few groups of carbon atoms that will be used to deliver chemotherapy drugs more effectively.

Scientists discovered a chemical reaction that can indicate the woman's risk of developing breast cancer.

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers found that the chemical process in the genes called methylation can provide useful information about precancerous changes in the breast cells.

Scientists found out a strong link between the size and shape of woman's hips and her daughter's probability of developing breast cancer in future. The research implies that the more voluptuous hips woman has - the more it will be a breast cancer risk to her daughter.

A new study showed that women, suffering from breast cancer, need less anesthesia during the surgery if they received hypnosis. Patients reported as having less pain after the surgery. Those who received hypnosis needed less time in the operating room and the cost of their surgery was lower.