CIGNA: Breast Cancer Awareness. CIGNA HealthCare wants to see women everywhere join in the fight against breast cancer. Education is the best line of defense, as early detection saves lives. Did you know that the majority of breast lumps are found by women themselves?
• cigna.com

Nation gets failing grades in women's health report. America's policy makers and health care providers "have a lot more work to do" to promote women's health and well being, a new report says.
• CNN: August 22, 2000

Scientists find possible third breast cancer gene. Researchers said on Monday they may have identified a third gene involved in breast cancer and said it might be responsible for a significant number of hereditary breast cancers.
• CNN: August 15, 2000

The Search For Smaller Tumors: Breast-cancer studies could lead to better tests and earlier detection. Mammograms have saved the lives of tens of thousands of women over the past 20 years.
• Time Magazine: June 26, 2000

Quality of care, genetics possible factors in racial breast cancer differences. In Faith Fancher's house, high in the hills above San Francisco Bay, her cat Lazarus tiptoes around the living room. Here and there, framed photographs testify to Faith's 27 years as an award-winning TV news reporter.
• CNN: June 12, 2000

How sweet it is for cancer survivor. Although 46,000 women die each year from breast cancer, the disease is now being seen as chronic, rather than fatal.
• CNN: June 3, 2000

Breast Cancer Description. Breast cancer is a malignancy in one or both breasts. Most patients are women, but 1 percent of patients are men. This is the most common cancer among women after cancer of the skin and accounts for one out of three cancer diagnoses in the United States.
• CNN

NO BEST AGE FOR MAMMOGRAMS. There's no question about it: Women in their 50s and 60s should get mammograms every year to check for breast cancer. But what about women in their 40s?
• Health Magazine

WHEN BREAST CANCER TURNS DEADLY. Despite what many of us think, breast cancer is not usually a killer. The disease turns deadly only after it spreads to other parts of the body.
• Health Magazine

Diet. BOTH MY MOTHER AND SISTER HAVE HAD BREAST CANCER, AND I'M WORRIED ABOUT MY OWN RISK. IS THERE A DIET THAT CAN IMPROVE MY CHANCES OF STAYING WELL?
• Health Magazine