2012-10-03 Gene Mapping Identifies Four Different Types of Breast Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. A new genetic study has found four different types of breast cancer. Experts say this explains why drugs used to treat one…
2011-03-23 Breast Cancer Study Could Change How Early Growths Are Treated
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Have you ever felt lumps under the skin on the sides of your neck when you were sick? Those might be lymph…
2009-11-25 Screening for Breast, Cervical Cancer: The New Advice
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Sometimes new health advice conflicts with old advice. Yet new guidelines last week for breast cancer testing in the United States created…
2009-11-18 Debate Over New Guidelines for Breast Cancer Screening
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. On Monday, an influential group of medical experts released new guidelines on testing for breast cancer. The guidelines are from the United…
2007-04-25 Breast Cancer in US Stayed Down in ’04 for Second Year
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Last year, researchers reported that breast cancer rates in the United States dropped in two thousand three. That was after about twenty…
2006-11-22 Study Links Red Meat to Higher Risk of Breast Cancer
This is the VOA Special English Health Report. Exercise and keeping a healthy weight are two things that doctors say might help women lower their risk of breast cancer. Mothers…