Wrestling bulging arms after breast cancer

Hospitals in about a dozen states are testing whether some simple steps, such as arm-strengthening exercises, could reduce the risk of one of breast cancer's troubling legacies — the painful and sometimes severe arm swelling called lymphedema.

British Sanger Institute to study personalised cancer treatments

Scientists have begun a groundbreaking study of cancer that will “mix and match” tumours with drugs to develop personalised therapies for patients.

Vitamin supplements don't fight cancer, studies show

A series of trials also shows that taking vitamins and minerals has no effect on preventing strokes, heart disease or other ailments. In some cases, they can even cause harm. They were some of the most promising medicines of the 1990s -- wonder pills that appeared to fight cancer, heart disease, stroke and other ailments.

Study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer

Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.

Alternating breast cancer tests boosts detection

A screening schedule that alternates between a breast MRI and a mammogram every six months may spot early cancers in high-risk women better than an annual exam.

New study firmly ties hormone use to breast cancer

Taking menopause hormones for five years doubles the risk for breast cancer, according to a new analysis of a big federal study that reveals the most dramatic evidence yet of the dangers of these still-popular pills.