October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and cancer awareness starts with general breast awareness. Dr. Julie Nangia, ...

Lea Anne Ochs was dismayed when she received a call from UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital about a follow-up ultrasound from a mammogram. “My mammograms had always been normal,” said the 48-year-old from ...

Breast surgeons may not have to take such an aggressive approach to lymph node analysis in breast cancer patients, according to a study released from the New England Journal of Medicine. The study, ...

At 72, Judith McDaniel, a former oncology nurse, experienced cancer treatment after a routine mammogram led to her diagnosis ...

When it comes to cancer, the general idea is less is more. The fewer tumor and malignant cells that are left behind by treatment, the greater the chances of surviving the disease. Now a groundbreaking ...

Vulvar cancer is a relatively uncommon cancer affecting fewer than 4,000 women in the United States each year. 4 Standard treatment consists of wide radical excision of the primary tumor and inguinal ...

“Our take home message here is that all women receiving lymph node dissection, whether it is axillary or sentinel, should receive physical therapy to regain range of motion more quickly after surgery, ...

St. Louis, June 2, 2003 -- Research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests that the accurate diagnosis of early stage endometrial cancer requires that the abdominal lymph ...