NIH Student Award Winner Exploring How Couples Cope with Breast Cancer Amber J. Belcher, a doctoral student in psychology at the University of Delaware, has won the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The fellowship will support Belcher’s research on how couples cope with breast cancer. Read [...]

Breast cancer fight aided by pink donation Men and women in need of reduced-cost mammograms have options available at Marcus Daly Memorial Hospital. The hospital was the recent recipient of a $2,500 gift from Tough Enough to Wear Pink, a Missoula non-profit focused on breast cancer awareness. Read more on Ravalli Republic

Study: Aspirin reduces recurrence of breast cancer Women who take aspirin regularly after their breast cancer goes into remission are about 50 percent less likely to suffer a recurrence or to die from the disease, according to new findings from the ongoing Nurses’ Health Study. Read more on Lansing State Journal

Kenmore Mercy Hospital has teamed up with the Cancer Services Program of Erie County to offer a free “Breast Cancer Screening” for women without health insurance. Read more on WIVB Buffalo

Plano resident Debbie Stallings was speechless when the doctors gave her the diagnosis: breast cancer. “I just stood there when he said it. I didn’t know what to think,” she said. Always part of the Susan G. Komen races each summer, Stallings decided to go one step further and find other ways to get involved. [...]

Can breast cancer happen to me twice? In Singapore, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, making up for 29.7 per cent of the detected cancers in the female population. Compared to other Asian countries, Singapore has one of the highest incidences of breast cancer. Read more on AsiaOne

Prolactin blocks oncogene associated with poor prognosis in breast cancer Researchers have found a mechanism by which a hormone responsible for milk production blocks an oncogene that makes breast cancer more aggressive. Read more on Science Daily