New research out of London suggests that human breast cells accumulate mutations as women age — and pregnancy can influence this process. The Imperial College London study, published Wednesday ...

A study observing changes in healthy breast cells may explain why breast cancer might develop after pregnancy. The cell-based study has helped begin to disentangle the complex relationship between ...

Long Island is home to one of the nation’s known breast cancer clusters — areas with higher-than-average breast cancer rates.

Bianchi felt a lump, which turned out to be breast cancer, when her firstborn, Mia, was 18 months old. Doctors advised against another pregnancy, but she learned of the research and signed up.

Women with preeclampsia in their first pregnancy had a lower risk of developing breast, cervical, and lung cancer later in ...

A large study showed that for most patients, having both breasts removed after cancer was detected in one made no difference. By Gina Kolata For the more than 310,000 women diagnosed with breast ...

“They don’t want to hear from breast cancer again, but they also don’t want to put their lives on hold,” she said. The study followed 516 women after surgery for early-stage cancer.