Breast Cancer

Just as COVID-19 was beginning to impact South Florida, a local frontline nurse got news that forever changed her life.

Just as COVID-19 was beginning to impact South Florida, a local frontline nurse got news that forever changed her life.

One in eight women will have breast cancer at some point in their lifetime. For National Mammography Day, we were joined by Dr. Erika Hamilton of the Sarah Cannon Research Institute to discuss the importance of early breast cancer detection.

Johanna spoke with Patricia Yelpo, a team employee who is battling the cancer once again, about her struggles and what the team is doing to help in the fight.

Event chair Donna Randazzo has more on how you can take part and help Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Broward County in its effort to battle for a cure.

Even though COVID-19 put the world on pause, doctors don’t want you to press pause when it comes to your health.  “This year, because of the pandemic, we have definitely seen a delay in screening procedures, said Dr. Aurelio Castrellon, a breast medical oncologist at Memorial Regional Hospital.  According to a recent report in The Journal of the American...

Kerry Lawrence has more on why it’s never a bad time to get tested for something that could end up saving your life.

When a cancer patient loses their hair, it can often add stress to an already difficult situation.

The risk for developing breast cancer at any age is closely linked to a pet’s exposure to estrogen and progesterone in the first few years of life.

A Florida Woman, Tracy Jackson, and her dog, Chancellor, battle cancer and support each other during their most difficult times.

Just a couple of months after Jade Devis found out she was pregnant, a protruding bump appeared on her chest. It was the beginning of an ordeal that forced the first-time mom and her developing fetus to undergo chemotherapy together after Devis was suddenly diagnosed with breast cancer. She did three rounds before giving birth to her son Bradley in...

There are a small number of cases as only one in a thousand men will be diagnosed with it – but it’s just as harmful and even deadly if gone undetected.

The Los Angeles Chargers couldn’t hide their glaring shortcoming on Sunday, and the problem became even worse against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

Former Pittsburgh Steelers running back DeAngelo Williams is still dedicated to fighting breast cancer. The star running back, who played college football at the University of Memphis, started covering the cost of mammogram screening for women in 2015 through his nonprofit organization, The DeAngelo Williams Foundation. Since then, the foundation has covered the cost of over 500 mammograms at hospitals...

Two lawsuits were filed against Allergan Wednesday related to its line of Biocell textured breast implants, which are the subject of a worldwide recall, alleging a failure to warn of cancer risks.

When Charlie Johnson found out she had to go through chemotherapy and would lose her hair, she decided to make her cancer battle beautiful.

Breast implant maker Allergan Inc. issued a worldwide recall Wednesday for certain textured models after regulators alerted the company to a heightened cancer risk with the devices. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it called for the removal after new information showed Allergan’s Biocell breast implants with a textured surface were tied to the vast majority of cases of...

Last September, President Donald Trump signed into law a bill allowing people with cancer to press pause on their federal student loan payments. More than nine months after the law took effect, borrowers still can’t access the cancer deferment. At issue seems to be this: The Department of Education has yet to provide the companies that administer its federal student...