One Woman In Eight Will Get Breast Cancer, UK

The lifetime risk of getting breast cancer has risen from one woman in nine to one in eight1 – according to Cancer Research UK. New figures2 published yesterday on World Cancer Day also show that breast cancer rates in the UK have increased by 3.5 per cent in 10 years with 47,700 women diagnosed with the disease in 2008 compared with 42,400 in 1999…

Direct Link Between Drop In Breast Cancer Rates And Reduced Hormone Therapy

In a new UCSF study of more than 2 million mammogram screenings performed on nearly 700,000 women in the United States, scientists for the first time show a direct link between reduced hormone therapy and declines in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) as well as invasive breast cancer…

Breast Cancer Rates Decline Most For Affluent White Women

Breast cancer rates are declining, but some groups have seen a more significant decline than others, with race, ethnicity and economic background playing a part…

Women's Risk For Breast Cancer Declines Quickly After Stopping HRT, Study Finds

A woman’s risk for breast cancer declines within about two years after ending hormone replacement therapy, according to a new analysis of the 2002 Women’s Health Initiative, the Wall Street Journal reports. The study’s authors said that their finding explains declines in breast cancer rates in the U.S.