Posted 1:10 PM 2/17/2012

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (AP) - Clare Droesch was fearless on the basketball court as a player at Boston College. Now she's taking that same approach to the challenge of fighting cancer.

It's been nearly two months since the 29-year-old Droesch was diagnosed with breast cancer and she's doing (More)

Posted 10:13 AM 2/15/2012

WASHINGTON (AP) - The maker of the widely prescribed cancer drug Avastin is warning doctors and patients about counterfeit vials of the product that have been distributed in the U.S. Roche's Genentech unit said Tuesday that the fake products do not contain the key ingredient in (More)

Posted 10:49 AM 2/13/2012

LONDON (AP) - Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant. Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to the fetus. Only about 1 in (More)

Posted 10:47 AM 2/8/2012

NASA astronaut Janice Voss died Monday in Arizona after a battle with breast cancer.

She was 55.

Voss went to work for NASA as a teenager while attending Purdue University and flew five space shuttle missions. She spent a total of 49 days in space, traveling 18.8 million miles in (More)

Posted 10:09 AM 2/6/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer - "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. - she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.

This week, after watching The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity (More)

Posted 11:00 AM 2/3/2012

NEW YORK (AP) - Supporters are rallying around Planned Parenthood after renowned breast cancer charity Susan G. Komen for the Cure decided to cut breast screening grants to the reproductive health organization. Besides $400,000 in smaller donations from 6,000 people, Planned (More)

Posted 12:34 PM 2/1/2012

Officials with Susan G. Komen for the Cure say the organization will stop funding Planned Parenthood breast examination programs.

The Los Angeles Times reports Komen announced Tuesday it will halt all partnerships with Planned Parenthood affiliates because recently adopted criteria forbid (More)

Posted 10:43 AM 1/26/2012

(AP) Surprising results from two new studies may reopen debate about the value of Avastin for breast cancer. The drug helped make tumors disappear in certain women with early-stage disease, researchers found. Avastin recently lost approval for treating advanced breast cancer, but the (More)

Posted 12:23 PM 1/23/2012

BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge in Boston has ordered 14 drug companies into talks that could lead to settlements with 53 women who claim their breast cancer was caused by an anti-miscarriage drug their mothers took decades ago. U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler read her ruling in (More)

Posted 11:00 AM 1/18/2012

Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced Tuesday that he plans to donate $100,000 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure's Southern Nevada affiliate to help battle breast cancer.

The announcement came just 12 days after a Las Vegas judge deferred a 3-month jail sentence on domestic violence (More)