Eileen Wesley is diligent about her health, and for good reason. Breast cancer runs in her family. “I’m always checking because I have two sisters who were diagnosed with cancer nine years ago,” said ...

A breast cancer diagnosis usually brings up many feelings at once. Getting the facts you need to choose the best treatment plan can help you feel more in control. If surgery is an option for you, one ...

Reviewed By Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, Head of Breast Medical Oncology at Valley Health System in Paramus, New Jersey, Clinical Assistant Professor at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York ...

"Medical Journeys" is a set of clinical resources reviewed by doctors, meant for physicians and other healthcare professionals as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this journey through ...

The Internet is full of accurate and non-accurate information on breast cancer. Dr. Bob Resnik, a local primary care doctor, helped develop a new computer program that provides an accurate guide for ...

Dear Doctor K: I was recently diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer. My doctor wants me to consider a lumpectomy plus radiation. But wouldn’t a mastectomy be more effective? Dear Reader: In a ...