Women with few older female relatives face cancer threat
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Women with few older female relatives may be unaware they carry a genetic risk of breast cancer, US researchers reported in a study that casts doubt on current genetic testing guidelines.
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More young women are learning early that they are genetically prone to breast cancer, setting off a new type of family drama.
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About 6,000 middle-aged or older UK women develop cancer each year because of excess weight, a study says.
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Some women with breast cancer are less likely to have their tumours picked up by scans, say experts.
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A study conducted in Iceland indicates that your chances of getting certain types of cancer increase dramatically if someone in your family had the disease, including even a distant relative.
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Women who feel chronically  stressed may have a lower risk of developing uterine cancer  than their less harried peers, researchers have found.
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They&#39;re looking for 50,000 women between the ages of 35 and 74 who have had a sister diagnosed with breast cancer. It&#39;s called Sister Study and is being conducted by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
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The breast cancer rate is rising among women in Singapore and appears to be approaching that seen in Europe, researchers report. The introduction of a Westernized lifestyle and child-bearing pattern may underlie this trend, they suggest.
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By Dr Koshy Philip  IF statistics are anything to go by, alarmingly more lives have been lost to cancer than to war. And this status quo may continue.
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If your sister has breast cancer, there&#39;s a new way you can help fight for a cure. The National Institutes of Health is looking for 50,000 sisters of breast cancer patients for a study that will look at genetic
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An older womanâs slim chances of becoming pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb.
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Having had cancer as children increased the risk among surviving adult women for breast cancer, particularly those who were treated with chest radiation, a new study says.
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The research focused on women like Linda Aponte who are stressed because they care for chronically sick children. Her daughter Lana was diagnosed with leukemia at age 4. &quot;I thought to myself, &#39;This is impossible.
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A group representing over 30 pensioners&#39; organisations has urged the Government to extend breast cancer screening to women over the age of 64.
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TUESDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- Current methods of gauging a woman&#39;s  breast cancer risk that rely on her family history may often underestimate the danger, a new study suggests.
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Women who are obese get more aggressive types of ovarian cancer, scientists find.
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The basic medical warning about the dangers of smoking is especially important for anyone with a relative, however distant, who has had lung cancer, a new Icelandic study shows.