Advancing breast cancer cure in Israel

The world's largest breast cancer organization is partnering with the City of Jerusalem, Hadassah and the Women's Zionist Organization of America for a week of events in Israel from October 25 to 29.

In Israel, breast cancer remains the most common form of women's cancers and is growing, accounting for nearly 30 percent of all new cancer cases in the country. About 4,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer in Israel each year.

Survey: Women struggle with breast cancer costs

Fighting breast cancer can take a huge toll on the mind and body, but there are also significant financial costs.

A Canadian survey finds many women fighting the disease are struggling to pay the bills.

Young women are dying of breast cancer. They MUST be screened too

Highlights from an excellent article!

The figures are stark: breast cancer is the most common cause of death in women aged 35 to 54, and the incidence is rising.

It used to be said that screening would pick up only a tiny proportion of breast cancers. In fact, 35 per cent of all breast cancers are found thanks to the national screening programme in the UK.

Screening this group also requires digital mammography - X-rays that are stored and sent electronically to a computer rather than taken on film.

This is because women under 50 have denser breast tissue, making small cancers harder to find using traditional mammograms. (It's having denser breast tissue that also puts them at greater risk of developing breast cancer.)

Digital mammography is better at finding cancers in dense breast tissue than standard mammograms, but it is more expensive.

It is available only in about 15 to 20 per cent of British hospitals, compared with more than 60 per cent in the U.S.

How Happiness May Prevent Breast Cancer?

According to a new study, happiness and optimism may play a role against breast cancer while adverse life events can increase the risk of developing the disease.

A total of 622 women between the ages of 25 and 45 were interviewed: 255 breast cancer patients and 367 healthy women. The findings of the study show that there was a clear link between outlook and risk of breast cancer, with optimists 25 percent less likely to have developed the disease.

B.C. has lowest death rates for cancer in Canada

Statistics released Wednesday by the Canadian Cancer Society show that B.C. is once again leading the country in the fight against cancer.

The province has the lowest death and incident rates for cancers in Canada, much of it owing to our healthy lifestyle. (Incidence refers to the number of new cases per year.)

“B.C. continues to lead the way because of our lifestyle habits. We have lower tobacco [use] and obesity rates and higher physical activity rates, and this is paying off in lower cancer rates,” says Kathryn Seely, public-issues manager for the B.C. and Yukon region of the Canadian Cancer Society.

Massage Breasts To Thwart Breast Cancer

Women hear all the time about the importance of doing a monthly breast exam but they aren’t quite sure why they really need to do it. The monthly breast exam is actually a breast massage technique that helps a woman to thoroughly check her breasts for any abnormalities.

Farming and breast cancer linked

A startling link between farming and breast cancer in women is being studied by two former local researchers.

Jim Brophy and Margaret Keith, adjunct assistant professors at the University of Windsor, will speak about their research at a May 18 forum in Point Edward offered by Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation.

Brophy said they looked for groups in Windsor with elevated cancer risks connected to their jobs, expecting to find it in male industrial workers.

"To our surprise, the biggest group we had were women with breast cancer who had a history of farming," Brophy said.

Jazz singer's breast cancer battle at just 19

Each year 46,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer - only four of these are under 20.

So when 19-year-old student Elisa Caleb went to her doctor with a lump everyone felt quite confident it would be benign.

Elisa was told the results were clear.

But she says they were unclear. And medics were so confident that she was too young to have the condition, they did not tell her of the uncertainty, or order any further tests.

Good vibrations: Breast cancer survivors get sex toys at Newsbabes fundraiser

Monday's breast cancer fundraiser was one of those sweet, feel-good parties with socialites dressed in pink, specialty cocktails, cotton candy, pink macaroons ... and sex toys.

Sex toys? This was news to the "Newsbabes," a group of D.C. television personalities (Andrea Rowan, Lindsay Czarniak, Pamela Brown, Laura Evans, Eun Yang) who hosted their second annual benefit for 500 guests at the Georgetown Ritz-Carlton. "The Newsbabes were kind of mortified," said WUSA's Angie Goff. "There's a time and place for everything."

Obese Women Often Miss Breast Cancer

Obese women are more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer in later stages than women who are a normal weight, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS).

Because tumors were more difficult to feel in overweight women, they were typically diagnosed after a mammogram. Obese women also had a lower overall cancer survival rate, most like due to the disease being at a later stage at diagnosis.

Breast cancer: The hide after the seek

You would think most people would have sense enough to go to a doctor to get treated after being told they have a life-threatening disease.

Apparently, it does not always happen. More so when the diagnosis is breast cancer.

True, breast-mauling surgery and hair falling in clumps can be any woman’s nightmare, but it should not frighten them into putting their lives at risk.