breast cancer

The foundation honors the life of its namesake by helping individuals with breast cancer. News4’s Tony Perkins spoke to the foundation’s president and Donna’s brother.

A Northern Virginia hospital is using new technology to make a life-saving cancer-detection procedure more accurate and less uncomfortable.

Getting a mammogram can be incredibly uncomfortable and painful. A Northern Virginia hospital wants to change the experience by offering a spa-like experience. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

Be proactive with your health at Friday’s Pink Ribbon Rally in Prince George’s County. News4’s Molette Green reports.

News4 photojournalist Jake Schoenmann takes us inside the emotional fundraiser.

The vaccine has been successfully studied in lab animals for decades, but this is the very first human trial. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

A U.S. health advisory panel recommended that women start getting mammograms at 40, not 50. News4’s Aimee Cho spoke with a doctor and a young survivor.

Twin sisters from Maryland encourage women who share their common condition to get screened after their surprising breast cancer diagnoses.

Twin sisters from Maryland encourage women who share a common condition to get screened after their surprising breast cancer diagnoses. News4’s Shawn Yancy reports.

Birth control pills containing both estrogen and progestogen are known to slightly elevate one’s risk of breast cancer. The same is true of IUDs, new research shows.

All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot.

A new breast cancer study finds many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed.

Loudoun County’s Board Chair, Phyllis Randall recently shared a video of her mammogram experience to convince more women to get the life-saving procedure.

News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports on how a nonprofit covers the costs of exams for women in need and provides free transportation to help save lives.

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here are the symptoms and signs of breast cancer, and how you can lower your risk.

Thousands of local women are taking part in a groundbreaking clinical trial that could impact the way breast cancer is screened. Doreen Gentzler reports on what researchers are hoping to learn.

Thousands of local women are taking part in a groundbreaking clinical trial that could impact the way breast cancer is screened. Doreen Gentzler reports on what researchers are hoping to learn.

Calling herself the “Screen Queen,” Katie Couric is using her recent breast cancer diagnosis as motivation to inspire other women to get their annual mammograms.

Katie Couric revealed she was diagnosed with breast cancer this summer. Cancer experts share how they diagnose the disease and why staging is so important.

Calling the experience ”extremely scary,” “West Side Story” star Rachel Zegler showcased a scar she received after undergoing a biopsy of her breast.