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Nutrition and Exercise During Breast Cancer Treatment
Generally, diets for breast cancer patients are higher in protein, which provides the building blocks your body needs. Your treatment diet may be m...
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Breast Cancer: what Does 'Metastatic' Mean?
Metastatic breast cancer means the cancer has spread from your breast to distant organs such as your bones, lungs, or other parts of your body. Bre...
Read moreFibroadenoma
If your doctor has told you that you have a fibroadenoma in your breast, don’t panic. Some researchers have found that women with a family history ...
Read moreTriple-Negative Breast Cancer (TNBC)
When doctors find an area in your breast that isn’t normal, they’ll cut out a little bit of the tissue to test the cells. After your treatment is o...
Read moreStage II Breast Cancer Treatment Options
In stage II, the cancer is still contained within the breast and in some cases in nearby lymph nodes. Some women who get a mastectomy will also hav...
Read moreStage IV Breast Cancer Treatment Options
Hormone therapy can be helpful for women with hormone receptor-positive cancers. That means certain hormones stimulate growth of the cancer. Women ...
Read moreStage III Breast Cancer Treatment Options
The treatment can destroy cancer cells that may have been missed. Fulvestrant (Faslodex) and toremifene (Fareston) block hormone receptors and are ...
Read moreStage I Breast Cancer Treatment Options
Hormone therapy is a good option after surgery for women who have tumors that use hormones to grow, called hormone receptor-positive cancer. Women ...
Read moreStage 0 Breast Cancer Treatment Options
After a mastectomy, you might choose to have breast reconstruction surgery. Hormone therapy after surgery may also help prevent more cancer from de...
Read moreBreast Cancer and Preventive Mastectomy
In hopes of avoiding future disease, some women at very high risk of developing breast cancer elect to have both breasts surgically removed, a proc...
Read moreHormone Therapy for Breast Cancer
About two-thirds of women with breast cancer have tumors that contain hormone receptors. But women who take tamoxifen are more likely to develop ca...
Read moreBreast Cancer Causes and Risk Factors
The precise causes of breast cancer are unclear, but we know the main risk factors. Still, most women considered at high risk for breast cancer do ...
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