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Breast cancer

Health care costs

The financial toxicity of breast cancer

Published Aug 22, 2018

New study finds that the financial fallout from breast cancer can last for years and cause a series of cascading economic consequences for survivors and their families

Breast cancer

A dynamic cellular defense against metastasis

Published Aug 2, 2018

In study of mouse tissue, scientists discover that cells around breast milk ducts can reach out to grab stray cancer cells to prevent their spread

Cancer research

Unlocking genetic mysteries

Published Jan 22, 2018

New Johns Hopkins center merges applied mathematics and biology to better understand breast cancer

Eight pipettes drop pink liquid into test tubes

Cancer research

Single blood tests screens for eight common cancers

Published Jan 19, 2018

CancerSEEK is a noninvasive test that can detect cancers of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung, or breast

A saline drip is in the foreground while a patient in a bed is out of focus in the background

Many breast cancer patients forgo post-surgery treatment

Published Nov 2, 2017

Patients who distrust health care system are more likely to go against doctor's post-surgery advice, study finds / School of Public Health

Breast martyrdom

Published Spring 2017

Johns Hopkins research professor visits the Festival of Saint Agatha in Catania, Sicily, for her new film / Johns Hopkins Magazine

A cartoon women sits in a stone room while winged breasts fly around her

Q+A

Saints, mastectomies, and the power of myth

Published March 9, 2017

A conversation with filmmaker Bernadette Wegenstein, whose documentary 'The Good Breast' offers an intimate look at surgical breast cancer interventions