BOSTON - More and more women under 40 are being diagnosed with breast cancer and a Boston doctor is sharing the possible reasons why this number keeps going up. Hallie Goldstein has a history of cysts ...

Despite huge leaps in breast cancer treatment over the last two decades, diagnoses of the disease continue to increase, and at a faster annual rate of late, 1.7%, among younger women. That translates ...

Women are now advised to get a mammogram every other year starting at age 40 and until age 74, according to new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force. The USPSTF, a volunteer ...

For years, breast cancer awareness has centred around one key message: check for lumps. While this advice has saved countless lives, doctors warn that it can also create a dangerous blind spot.

Aggressive forms of breast cancer may be striking younger women far more often than previously believed, challenging long-held assumptions about who is most at risk. Emerging evidence suggests that ...

Prior USPSTF recommendations said women should start screening no later than 50. Breast cancer screening guidelines have been finalized by a major task force, bringing the recommended age to 40 for ...

Chien-Chi Huang was 40 when she requested her first mammogram at the hospital, shortly after her aunt died from breast cancer. The radiologist didn’t detect a tumor because she had dense breast tissue ...

Data suggest that 1 in 20 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and 1 in 70 will die from the disease. Researchers are projecting that, worldwide, new cases of female breast ...