FRIDAY, May 22 (HealthDay News) — Almost 25 percent of black women with advanced breast cancer refuse the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that could save their lives, a new study finds.
Black women have almost twice the rate of advanced breast cancer as white women do, largely because the disease is often diagnosed after it has already progressed. In addition, some black women have misconceptions about cancer and are reluctant to seek medical help, the researchers said. Read More





MONDAY, May 18 (HealthDay News) — In another sign of the challenges facing the health-care industry as it tries to serve the poor, researchers from North Carolina are reporting that nearly four in 10 poor women recovering from
FRIDAY, May 15 (HealthDay News) — Parents with family secrets may struggle to decide what to share with their children. But when it comes to cancer running in the family, a new study shows that those who choose to reveal the results of genetic tests are glad they did.
MONDAY, May 11 (HealthDay News) — The more cancer screening tests you undergo, the higher your risk of having at least one false-positive result, researchers say.
WEDNESDAY, May 6 (HealthDay News) — Three genes linked to the spread of
THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Two new studies provide more evidence that drugs such as Procrit and Aranesp, often used by cancer patients to fight
THURSDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) — Women were 10 times more likely to do 
