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Doctors are divided on whether blanket testing of breast cancer patients is warranted, since scientists and physicians are sometimes unsure about how to interpret the results.
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Florida Senate President Wilton Simpson has backed Sen. Tina Polsky, a Boca Raton Democrat who is being treated for breast cancer, after an incident in which state Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo refused to put on a mask while they spoke.
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The state of Florida ups pressure over vaccine mandates. The battle against breast cancer. And the deadly year for one of Florida’s favorite marine mammals.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis said Casey DeSantis is a "very, very strong woman" as he discussed her breast cancer diagnosis during a news conference in St. Pete Beach.
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Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a statement Monday about the diagnosis, though the statement did not provide details about issues such as the type of breast cancer, the stage or treatment. Casey DeSantis, 41, is the mother of three children under age 5.
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Many women get their hair dyed or straightened regularly with products that contain thousands of chemicals. Researchers are teasing out whether our hair habits could be raising our breast cancer risk.
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A team of researchers at Florida International University and two other colleges is hoping to find out what barriers are keeping Latino transgender people…
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After her double mastectomy, writer Catherine Guthrie came to embrace her new body, without breast reconstruction. But, she has learned, women have to push the medical system to support this choice.
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Black women are more likely to die from breast cancer than white women. One reason may be that they face economic and cultural barriers to taking the medications that can prevent recurrence.
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An aggressive type of breast cancer — a HER2-positive tumor — often shrinks with Herceptin treatment, but side effects can be tough. Researchers say a shorter course of the drug may be a good option.
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Researchers at Orlando Health are testing a new drug that might improve survival outcomes in metastatic breast cancer patients. Some patients produce a...
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A newer type of breast imaging costs more. It's not yet clear if the three-dimensional approach is more effective at catching cancers that will kill.