A federal task force has issued new recommendations on mammogram screening for women with an average risk of breast cancer. Screening is now recommended every two years starting at age 40.

Dr. Tiffany Chichester, a breast oncologist with HCA Florida Northwest Hospital said a recent study found breast cancer stage and hormone receptor status may help doctors predict if and when the cancer might return after treatment.

A Miami-based nonprofit organization will be providing free mammograms to uninsured women between the ages of 40 to 60 years old next week in Sweetwater.

An experimental treatment is showing promise for an aggressive and hard to treat form of breast cancer.

The White House says first lady Jill Biden will host a roundtable Monday on breast and cervical cancer.

Hundreds of people walked across the finish line for the 6th annual Pink Walk at Miami-Dade College North campus on Sunday.

Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Thursday Florida’s first lady is cancer free.

Miami City Hall is using Romero Britto’s Pop art to remind women to get their annual mammograms.

Studies have shown that intermittent fasting is not only beneficial for weight control, the practice may also reduce the risk of breast cancer and improve survival or treatment efficacy.

On Tuesday, rapper Kodak Black and radio host Supa Cindy hosted an event at Ives Estates Park where more than 20 women were given wigs, a cash gift, and even a journal with a note from the rapper himself.

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida’s surgeon general, recently refused to wear a face mask while in the office of a state senator who is undergoing breast cancer treatment.

The More Than Pink walk returned to Bayfront Park for an in-person event this year after it was held virtually in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Breast cancer awareness is abundant, as it well should be, but what we don't talk about often enough is breast cancer in men.

Whether you’ve been diagnosed or perhaps it was a friend or relative -- even if you’re just curious, we’ll help answer some of your questions.

The event was organized by the Women's Breast and Heart Initiative.

B cells are cells that make antibodies against bacteria and viruses. Chemotherapy and COVID-19Before coronavirus, we really didn’t see patients getting more severe infections in the months after chemotherapy. However, we don’t know if patients might be more at risk for severe COVID-19 infections in the months after chemotherapy. There is also a very interesting study about cigarette use and immune system recovery after chemotherapy. In the study, smokers and nonsmokers have about the same number of B cells on average before chemotherapy, and about the same two weeks after chemotherapy.

For someone who has never had to experience or endure breast cancer, it might be understandable that there are questions involved. Does a diagnosis typically come as a surprise, or do people often suspect that something feels not quite right?

For someone who has never had to experience or endure breast cancer, it might be understandable that there are questions involved.

Rachel Silva-Smith is a genetic counselor with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information about cancer genetic counseling and testing, click here to visit the UHealth health news blog. Rachel Silva-Smith, a genetic counselor at Sylvester, explains what genetic testing is and who is a good candidate. If a woman is diagnosed at age 60 or under, they typically have to have a specific type of breast cancer, known as triple-negative breast cancer. Any male with breast cancer, also qualifies for genetic testing.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Inflammatory breast cancer is a very aggressive form of the disease that can develop suddenly which makes it important to know the symptoms of this rare type of breast cancer which can strike anyone at any age. “I still to this day go, ‘I can’t believe I have breast cancer,’” she said. Although her mammogram showed no evidence of disease, experts said that’s not unusual with inflammatory breast cancer, which can appear suddenly. “Inflammatory breast cancer is different because it’s not the traditional presentation where you have a mass, you feel a lump in your breast, you don’t have that, you have a breast that looks inflamed, is red and angry,” said Dr. Alejandra Perez with Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. “Patients can be cured of inflammatory breast cancer but it’s very important that they come to us right away,” she said.

For someone who has never had to experience or endure breast cancer, it might be understandable that there are questions involved. Does a diagnosis typically come as a surprise, or do people often suspect that something feels not quite right?

We realize the questions above are quite personal. But we’ll ask, for anyone who might be open to sharing: How did you learn of your breast cancer?

These days, it’s pretty rare not to know someone who has struggled with cancer, especially breast cancer.

WASHINGTON – U.S. regulators on Friday approved a new drug for an aggressive type of breast cancer that’s spread in the body — including into the brain, where it’s especially tough to treat. The Food and Drug Administration said Tukysa, a twice-daily pill developed by Seattle Genetics, is for people with what's known as HER2-positive breast cancer that has spread and resisted multiple other medicines. This type of cancer is driven by an overactive gene that makes too much of the HER2 protein, which promotes cancer growth. Each year, about 50,000 people in the U.S. are diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer. Among the participants whose cancer spread to the brain, 25% were alive after a year versus none in the placebo group.

I also have a history of breast cancer in my family: my mom had it, my dad’s sister had it, and it has struck numerous cousins, too. It was the MRI that saw what the mammograms and breast ultrasounds missed: a nearly eight centimeter area of cancer in my left breast. So it was a very extensive area,” said Susan Kesmodel, M.D., director of breast surgical oncology at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center/University of Miami Hospital and Clinics. I can’t believe how lucky I was to hear from others who unflinchingly shared their own cancer stories with me. Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Miami Dolphins are teaming up again to fund cancer research.

NEW YORK – Two common beauty products -- permanent hair dyes and chemical straighteners -- may be associated with an elevated risk for breast cancer. The study published in the International Journal of Cancer tracked more than 46,000 women over several years. Overall, women using permanent dye had a 9% higher risk of developing breast cancer. Black women who used permanent dye had a 45 percent higher risk of breast cancer, compared to non-users. And those who used these products every eight weeks or more often had a 60 percent higher risk.