Cancerwise

Whatever your question, odds are there’s an online resource that promises an answer. That means it’s just as easy to search ‘What should I make for dinner?’ as it is ‘What’s my breast cancer risk?’

As a breast medical oncologist, some of the same tools my team uses to clinically assess breast cancer risk can be accessed for free online. But just like finding any cancer...

There are multiple factors to consider when choosing a birth control: your reasons for seeking birth control, your medical history, whether you can remember to take a pill every day. But should you also consider cancer risk when deciding to take the birth control pill?

Here’s what researchers know: Oral contraceptives — better known as the pill — may affect a woman’s chances of developing breast, colorectal and gynecologic cancers...