While breast cancer is not typically caused by inherited factors, as many as 10-15 percent of people diagnosed with breast cancer carry a known geneti...

There are many challenges in managing breast cancer. Top among them is the fact that initial breast conserving surgeries often miss vestiges of a pati...

How do you measure quality of life? As researchers across fields discover new drug therapies or disease prevention—in breast cancer as well as other f...

For so many breast cancer patients, radiation therapy can bring extraordinary benefits—top among them improved survival rates and reduced recurrence. ...

Women with breast cancer who are overweight or obese experience inferior outcomes compared to those with normal weight despite receiving optimal thera...

Each October, BCRF-funded investigators are honored at the Foundation’s Symposium & Awards Luncheon in New York City. This year, the program was held ...

Women of African descent are more likely to be diagnosed with aggressive breast cancers than white women and are more likely to die from their disease...

The immune system plays a critical role in tumor growth by attacking cancer cells with white blood cells. Cancer cells that survive this immune attack...

While genetic testing and counseling for breast cancer has been available in the U.S. for many years, accessing these services in Mexico and the rest ...

Research shows that when chemotherapy is delayed, a patient’s chance of survival falls significantly. Dr. Mariana Chavez MacGregor, a BCRF investigato...