Even if you're doing an annual check-up at the gynaecologist, you still need to remind yourself to do a quick monthly breast examination. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa After your regular breast exam by ...

When you consider that rates of breast cancer continue to rise in women under 50, per the American Cancer Society, it makes sense to want to do everything you can to prevent it—or at the very least, ...

Preventive breast health starts at home. Drazen Zigic / Getty Images As a young, healthy woman, I’d admittedly never put much thought into being diagnosed with breast cancer until I spent a week in ...

Catching cancer in its earliest stages, when it can be treated most successfully, can increase the chances individuals who develop the disease go on to live long, healthy lives. Doctors are not as ...

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 ...

Experts share when and how to perform a breast self-exam while breastfeeding and when to elevate any concerns. Chestfeeding parents should still check their breasts regularly to stay on top of their ...

It’s a more general, flexible approach to breast cancer prevention that involves staying familiar with how your breasts look and feel. It goes along with other early detection measures like getting ...

Quite a few women were secretly relieved last week to hear the conclusion of a Chinese study, reported in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, that performing breast self-exams does not ...