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, lung cancer has been the leading cause of cancer deaths in non-Hispanic Black women. That changed in 2019 – it’s now breast cancer. And there are racial disparities when it comes to early ...

The new advice comes as breast cancer diagnoses rise among younger women and mortality rates among Black women remain persistently high. By Roni Caryn Rabin Alarmed by an increase in breast cancer ...

On International Women’s Day 2026, expert highlights why early breast cancer screening is vital for women in India, helping detect disease sooner and significantly improving survival and treatment ...

New research showing genetic differences in breast cells suggests standard treatments for breast cancer are less effective for Black women, who disproportionately suffer and die from the disease. The ...

You may know the statistics: More than 310,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed this year, and an estimated one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their ...

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 ...