A three week course of high intensity radiation therapy for some breast cancer patients is just as beneficial as a longer seven to eight week period of treatments, according to a Canadian study.

A team of Canadian researchers, led by Dr. Tim Whelan of McMaster University in Toronto, treated 1,200 women with either the accelerated three-week dose of radiation or the standard five-week therapy. The patients were then tracked for recurrences for up to 12 years

Acupuncture, the Chinese treatment using thin needles, could help relieve hot flashes and other side effects caused by breast cancer treatment, new research suggests.

Many women undergoing breast cancer treatment experience hot flashes, fatigue, night sweats and excessive sweating. This could be treated by anti-depressant drug Effexor also known as venelafaxine

An experimental new breast cancer vaccine has completely eliminated a type of breast cancer tumour in tests on mice, say researchers.

The vaccine targets breast cancers that grow wildly in response to a growth factor called HER-2, which is prevalent in about 25 percent of women with breast cancer

Researchers have found a new screening tool to breast cancer in women that works three times better than mammography at finding tumors in women who have dense breast tissue.

Four studies being presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's 2008 Breast Cancer Symposium in Washington, D.C., say that molecular breast imaging (MBI) could one day be added to conventional mammography in women at a higher risk of developing the disease

Breastfeeding for at least six months may help reduce a woman's risk of an aggressive form of breast cancer, new study has found.

That finding, which comes from a new study published in Monday's advance online edition of Cancer, is based on two breast cancer studies that together included nearly 2,500 women aged 55-79 in Washington state. The group included 1,140 women who had had breast cancer