Second cancers kill more Black, Hispanic breast cancer survivors

Black and Hispanic breast cancer survivors have more risk of dying from a second cancer than survivors of other racial or ethnic groups.

Amy Mone-JHU • futurity
June 12, 2023 ~7 min

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

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