A trial to let women with worrying breast cancer symptoms book appointments directly with diagnostic clinics without going to see their GP first is being planned in one region of England. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the aim was to diagnose patients with cancer more quickly and free up more GP appointments.

Answer: Women diagnosed with breast cancer are almost immediately confronted with treatment decisions. If your surgical oncologist gave you a choice between a lumpectomy and a mastectomy to remove a tumor, that’s often because either option will lead to a similar long-term health outcome.

At only 34 years of age, Traci Delaney seemed to be an unlikely candidate for developing breast cancer. As she tells Roni Caryn Rabin of the New York Times, even her insurance declined to cover an imaging scan that her doctor ordered,

A new report from the American Cancer Society shows cases among women 24 to 50 have have increased. WBZ-TV's Juli McDonald reports.

Although detection technology and treatments have gotten better and mortality rates have decreased significantly, more young women are being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Overall death rates from breast cancer have fallen 44% over the last 35 years and by about 10% over the last decade. That's the good news. The bad news is that for American Indian and Alaska Native women,

Breast cancer is becoming more common, particularly at younger ages. A new report shows the breast cancer rate rose by 1% annually from 2012 to 2021, with even greater increases among women under age 50 and a startling jump even among women in their 20s.