Risk-based breast cancer screening may be more efficient than age-based guidelines
Individually-tailored risk-based screening may be a more efficient way to screen for breast cancer. Image credit – National Cancer Institute CANCER DIGEST – Jan. 18, 2026 – Tailoring breast cancer screening to individual risk factors as opposed to relying on age guidelines may be a better way to reduce the chance of advanced cancer at diagnosis, a major screening study shows. The WISDOM study enrolled 46,000 women from all 50 states between 2016 and 2023. The aim was to compa
Study shows more aggressive breast cancer than expected for younger women
Women under 50 are being diagnosed with cancer more often than screening guidelines predict, with a large percentage of these cancers being invasive and harder to treat.
Living near a Superfund pollution site may boost risk of aggressive types of breast cancer
Women diagnosed with breast cancer have a higher risk of aggressive and hard to treat cancers if they live near an EPA designated Superfund site.
Working to eliminate recurrence in breast cancer survivors
Using repurposed FDA-approved drugs, researchers were able to eliminate residual cancer in breast cancer survivors.
A single workout session could activate anti-cancer effects in breast cancer survivors, study finds
A new study suggests that a single workout session can produce a powerful anti-cancer effect in breast cancer survivors by triggering the release of specific proteins produced by muscle cells.
Cancer linked to obesity tripled in the U.S. over past 20 years
Deaths from obesity-linked cancers have tripled in two decades – Photo credit Unsplash Media CANCER DIGEST – July 20, 2025 – Cancers...
