CHICAGO, Illinois — Computed tomography (CT) scans, particularly to the chest, might increase a woman's risk for breast cancer, and the risk increases with the number of scans, researchers reported in ...

About 170,000 women in the United States are living with metastatic breast cancer — or cancer that has spread to other organs — and eventually leads to death. Now, a team led in part by oncologists ...

Connecticut officials have marked Breast Cancer Awareness Month by encouraging women to obtain regular breast cancer screening using a state program that offers screenings at low or no cost to ...

Computed tomography (CT) examinations (known more commonly as a “CT scan” or “CAT scan”) incorporate a series of x-ray images taken of areas inside the body and use a computer to create a ...

Breta Hasimi struggled to speak when she received the diagnosis of triple-negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive forms of cancer. Her worst fears were becoming reality. Aware that her ...

CT scans are used to investigate all sorts of medical issues, from checking for brain bleeding after a kid takes a hard hit on the soccer field, to revealing what a bike accident did to a cyclist’s ...

From smart pill bottles that help people remember to take their meds to calls for better menopausal symptom relief for women with breast cancer to intriguing hints at what drives dormant tumor cells ...