Nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova is eager to use her personal experience with the early detection of breast cancer to help save lives. During Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, Navratilova is encouraging women to prioritize their annual mammograms, especially after screening numbers are down compared […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and new technology is helping area doctors detect breast cancer faster and more accurately.KMBC 9 found out how it works and talked to a local survivor sharing her message about the importance of early detection. A tiny tumor can […]

By CARLA K. JOHNSON, AP Medical Writer For the first time, a drug targeting a protein that drives breast cancer growth has been shown to work against tumors with very low levels of the protein. It’s not a cure. But this latest gain for targeted […]