October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to learn about and draw attention to the impact of the disease, which according to the World Health Organization was the most prevalent form of ...

More than 80 percent of women seeking treatment for breast cancer in Uganda are diagnosed at a late stage of the disease. According to Global Cancer Statistics 2022, breast cancer accounts for about ...

A breast cancer diagnosis can affect all parts of a person’s life. Even after remission and recovery, scars from a lumpectomy or mastectomy can serve as a reminder of the pain of the past. That’s ...

One in eight American women will develop breast cancer in their lifetimes. And when they do, most of them will have part or all of their breast tissue surgically removed. This makes it hard to find ...

Hearing the words "you have breast cancer" turns a woman's world upside down. Then, the treatment turns her inside out. After surgery and chemotherapy, survivors aren't finished. They'll also navigate ...

"It's a version of my name, Dana Donofree," the founder and designer of AnaOno Intimates, a new line of lingerie for breast cancer survivors, tells me on the phone. "We went through a lot of names for ...

Allana Maiden was preparing for the "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk in October 2012 with her mother Debbie Barriett, a breast cancer survivor who underwent a mastectomy 21 years ago, when ...

Breast Cancer survivors spoke to Joe Duffy on Liveline about proposals to reduce entitlements to post-mastectomy underwear; measures which have now been reversed. Listen back above. Changes to the ...

Twenty-one years after undergoing a mastectomy, Debbie Barrett is cancer-free. But every day, she deals with the repercussions from her battle with breast cancer, particularly when she’s bra shopping.

That was the advice my doctor had when I told him none of my bras fit after my mastectomy. I was 28 years old, and fighting aggressive breast cancer. My other option, according to him? “Wear nothing ...