Breast density changes may flag risk of cancer

Repeated mammograms that show changes in breast density over time could help identify women at high risk of breast cancer.

Tamara Bhandari-Washington University • futurity
May 9, 2023 ~6 min

Antibiotics linked to higher triple-negative breast cancer death risk

Triple-negative breast cancer patients who take antibiotics within three years of diagnosis have a higher death risk, researchers report.

Krista Conger-Stanford • futurity
April 26, 2023 ~11 min


Just a little exercise can lower breast cancer risk

Even simple forms of exercise like going on a walk at least five times a week or getting up to dance may reduce the risk of breast cancer.

Texas A&M University • futurity
March 9, 2023 ~7 min

Breast cancer drugs face a ‘whack-a-mole’ problem

Researchers have discovered for the first time how deadly hard-to-treat breast cancers persist after chemotherapy.

Keith Brannon-Tulane • futurity
Jan. 3, 2023 ~5 min

‘Goldilocks’ drug seems to stop triple-negative breast cancer in mice

A new drug specifically targets deadly triple-negative breast cancer with little to no toxic side effects, a study with mice shows.

Mikayla Mace-Arizona • futurity
Nov. 15, 2022 ~6 min

Drug may shield brain from HER2 positive breast cancer

A drug approved to treat leukemia shows promise in fighting metastatic HER2-positive breast cancer, new animal studies show.

Sarah Avery-Duke • futurity
Sept. 1, 2022 ~4 min

These factors make triple negative breast cancer different

New findings clarify why triple negative breast cancer is so resistant to treatment.

Vanessa Wasta-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Aug. 8, 2022 ~7 min

Big drop for cancer screenings early in COVID pandemic

The number of screenings for cancer, specifically colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer, dropped during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gregory Filiano-Stony Brook • futurity
July 8, 2022 ~5 min


Breast cancer cells spread during sleep

A new study offers a surprising finding about breast cancer: circulating cells that later form metastases mainly arise when a person is sleeping.

Vanessa Bleich-ETH Zurich • futurity
June 22, 2022 ~5 min

Half of women will get a false positive mammogram over 10 years

Over the course of a decade of annual screening, researchers report that half of all women will get at least one false positive mammogram result.

Nadine Yehya - UC Davis • futurity
March 28, 2022 ~8 min

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