From: healthline.com Lifestyle can play a critical role in helping to prevent breast cancer. ResearchTrusted Source links smoking, heavy drinking, and certain dietary patterns, such as a Western diet, to an increased risk of breast cancer. Notably, studies associate other eating patterns, like the Mediterranean diet, with a reduced risk of breast cancer. Moreover, specific foods may even protect against …
What to know about breast self-awareness and how it fits into cancer prevention
By: ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN From: stamfordadvocate.com Doctors suggest breast self-awareness as an alternative to self-exams — those monthly, methodical checks for any changes while applying pressure or lying down. Two decades ago, the American Cancer Society stopped recommending self-exams for people with average breast cancer risk because there wasn’t strong evidence they helped if people were taking other preventative measures like …
Your Guide to Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence
From: healthline.com While there’s no way to guarantee that breast cancer will never come back, medical oncologist Amy Tiersten, MD, shares how taking steps to stay healthy may also help prevent breast cancer recurrence. How important is it to stay active? Exercise has definitely been proven to reduce the risk of breast cancer recurrence. Exercising as little as 30 minutes …
What Foods Help Prevent Breast Cancer or Reduce Your Risk?
From: .healthline.com DNA damage and genetic mutations may cause breast cancer. Inheriting mutations in certain genes, such as BRCA1 and BRCA2, can likewise increase your risk, as can obesityTrusted Source. Lifestyle also plays a critical role. Research links smokingTrusted Source, estrogen exposure, heavy drinkingTrusted Source, and certain dietary patternsTrusted Source — including Western diets high in processed foods — to …
Cooling or Compressing Hands During Chemo Can Prevent Neuropathy
By: Liz Highleyman From: cancerhealth.com Women who wear frozen or tight-fitting gloves during taxane-based chemotherapy for breast cancer are less likely to develop painful peripheral neuropathy, according to research published in JAMA Oncology. While both methods were effective, compression is more accessible and may be better tolerated than cold temperature. Cytotoxic chemotherapy is an effective treatment for many types of …
NCCN 2025: Advancing Breast Cancer Risk Assessment and Prevention Strategies
By: Luke Halpern, Assistant Editor From: pharmacytimes.com Key Takeaways Advancements in BC risk assessment are essential due to rising incidence, especially in younger women, with genetic and modifiable factors playing key roles. Multiple BC risk models exist, each with unique assessment domains and limitations, requiring combined use for effective patient guidance. Standard BC prevention methods include enhanced screening, risk-reducing therapies, …
Many With Breast Cancer ‘Systematically Left Behind,’ Report Says
By: Mike Bassett From: .medpagetoday.com Inequities in breast cancer prevention, detection, treatment, and supportive care worldwide are leaving many patients with breast cancer “systematically left behind and forgotten,” according to a report from the Lancet Breast Cancer Commission. Commission members noted that despite progress in research and cancer management that has substantially decreased breast cancer mortality in high-income countries, the …
Breakthrough immunotherapy targets non-cancer cells to prevent breast cancer spread
Source: Breast Cancer Now From: news-medical.net A new type of immunotherapy that targets non-cancer cells could help prevent the growth and spread of breast cancer tumors, according to new research funded by Breast Cancer Now. The discovery, published today (28 February) in The Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, has found that an immunotherapy approach targeting a protein called endosialin disrupts …
Scientists may have key to breast cancer prevention
By: Kendall Daniels From: unc.edu Every time a cancer cell divides, it damages its own DNA molecules. Researchers have long wondered how cancers evade detection by the body’s own defenses, despite the immune system being on constant watch for cells displaying DNA damage. Recently published findings by the lab of Dr. Gaorav Gupta, associate professor in the UNC School of …
Scientists Find “Key” To Potential Breast Cancer Prevention, Treatment
From: news.unchealthcare.org A research team led by Gaorav Gupta, MD, PhD, associate professor in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the UNC School of Medicine and member of UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, discovered the inner workings of an immune response pathway that could aid in cancer prevention and treatment. Every time a cancer cell divides, it sustains damage to …
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