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Breast Cancer Signs and Symptoms
Breast cancer can have different symptoms for different people. Symptoms of invasive breast cancer. Symptoms of metastatic breast cancer. Symptoms ...
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Guide to Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy for breast cancer uses medicine to kill cancer cells. Your doctor will check you regularly to see how your body is handling the chemot...
Read moreWhat are The Stages and Grades of Breast Cancer?
If you've been diagnosed with breast cancer, you’ll want to know what stage and grade it is. You’re likely to hear or see the words in situ, meanin...
Read moreBreast 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 moreMastectomy (Breast Removal Surgery)
A mastectomy is a way to treat breast cancer by surgically removing a breast and sometimes nearby tissues. If you plan to have breast reconstructio...
Read moreBreast Cancer and Mammograms
Mammography uses special X-ray images to spot abnormal growths or changes in breast tissue. Research shows that mammography can increase breast can...
Read moreLumpectomy (Partial Mastectomy)
A lumpectomy is a type of surgery for breast cancer to remove cancer or other abnormal tissue from your breast. That helps doctors spot any lymph n...
Read moreInvasive Breast Cancer: Symptoms, Treatments, Prognosis
Women in the U.S. have a 1 in 8 chance of developing an invasive form of breast cancer during their lifetime. About 10% of women diagnosed with inv...
Read moreHormone Therapy for Breast Cancer Treatment
Hormones that women have in their body -- estrogen and progesterone -- can be fuel for some types of breast cancer. Tamoxifen is a pill that doctor...
Read moreWhy Hormone Receptors Matter in Breast Cancer
The hormones in your body that launched you into puberty and controlled your monthly period can play a role in breast cancer. If it says “positive,...
Read moreUnderstanding Breast Cancer -- Prevention
Women who drink two and a third to four and a half bottles of beer per day, two and a half to more than five and a half glasses of wine per day, or...
Read moreLymphedema After Breast Cancer Surgery
It can develop not only after breast cancer surgery, but can also come from an infection, scar tissue formation, trauma, deep vein thrombosis (a bl...
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