breast cancer

Opinion

How to actually make a difference for women battling breast cancer

Giving directly to breast cancer patients in need helps them more than donning a pink ribbon ever could and brings a little justice to our horribly broken health care system.

By Rokhl Kafrissen October 28, 2019 2:51 pm

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman announces breast cancer diagnosis and re-election bid

Goodman, 79, said doctors believe her disease can be “successfully treated.” She’ll be running for her third and final term.

January 22, 2019 2:23 pm

FDA approves drug for women with breast cancer caused by BRCA, the ‘Jewish gene’

Approximately 20 percent to 25 percent of patients with hereditary breast cancers and up to 10 percent of patients with any type of breast cancer have a BRCA mutation, which disproportionately affects Askenazi Jewish women.

January 14, 2018 2:35 pm