Health experts have urged Nigerians, especially women, to be mindful of the factors that cause the ailment, which is said to be a disease of the genes. Some of these factors include lifestyle, exposure to some chemicals and radiations...

Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr. Ciara Duffy from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia, tested the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes....

With over 140 diagnosed cases of breast cancer and 30 deaths recorded between January 2018 and October 2020 in Bayelsa state, the Ethanrose foundation is set to take a breast cancer awareness campaigns to every community in the state. In collaboration with the wife of the state governor, Barrister Patience Ama Diri, the foundation held…

Rihanna is marking Breast Cancer Awareness month by featuring three black survivors, all of whom have been diagnosed with aggressive forms of breast cancer. The singer's lingerie brand, in a statement, said: "This Breast Cancer Awareness month, we’re sharing the moving stories of Thrivers & Survivors. We spoke to three bad asses who are resilient,…

International Inner Wheel, District 912 Nigeria, has paid for both the medication and hospital bill of a breast cancer patient identified as Aminat, at the Federal Medical Center, FMC, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta.

Thanks to advanced medical treatments, women diagnosed with breast cancer today will likely survive the disease. However, some treatment options put these women at greater risk

American actress Kelly Preston has died of breast cancer, her husband John Travolta revealed. She was aged 57. Travolta confirmed her death in an Instagram post overnight Sunday, writing: "It is with a very heavy heart that I inform you that my beautiful wife Kelly has lost her two-year battle with breast cancer. "She fought…

A Recent study has demonstrated how white yam extracts could be used effectively to treat breast cancer tumours. The study, conducted by Dr. Joy Ifunanya Odimegwu and Prof. Olukemi Abiodun Odukoya of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lagos, was published in the journal bioRxiv.

In celebration of Mother's Day, 44-year-old actress Angelina Jolie wrote an emotional tribute to her late mother Marcheline Bertrand. Bertrand died in 2007 after being diagnosed with ovarian and breast cancer. In her tribute for the New York Times, the Academy Award-winning star chronicled Bertrand's devotion and sacrifice for her children, the loss of her mother and…

A man who was diagnosed with breast cancer says he was made to feel 'isolated and lonely' after an online support group declined his membership because of his gender. David McCallion, 55, who is a community worker from Manchester, United Kingdom was told he would have to have a mastectomy and feared his condition could…

The Medical Women Association of Nigeria (MWAN) has advocated early detection of breast and cervical cancers, noting that women above 30 years of age were predisposed to the scourge.

American actress Shannen Doherty, in an interview with ABC News that aired Tuesday on Good Morning America, shared that she is battling stage four breast cancer. "It's going to come out in a matter of days or a week that — I'm stage four. So my cancer came back. And that's why I'm here. I don't…