Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer: Biological Therapy, Treatment Choices by Stage
by National Cancer Institute
Biological therapy helps the immune system fight cancer. The immune system is the body's natural defense against disease. Some women with breast cancer that has spread receive a biological therapy called Herceptin (trastuzumab).

Progesterone-Like Drug Controls Hot Flashes
by National Cancer Institute
Hot flashes - increases in body temperature that occur as a result of fluctuating hormone levels - are a common problem for women approaching menopause. Hot flashes also afflict premenopausal women treated with chemotherapy

What You Need To Know About Breast Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
You will read about possible causes, screening, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care. You will also find ideas about how to cope with the disease. Scientists are studying breast cancer to find out more about its causes.

Genetic Testing for BRCA1 and BRCA2
by National Cancer Institute
Each year, more than 192,000 American women learn they have breast cancer. Approximately 5 to 10 percent of these women have a hereditary form of the disease. Changes, called alterations or mutations, in certain genes make some women more susceptible

Breast Cancer Breast Reconstruction, Emotional Health
by National Cancer Institute
Breast reconstruction (surgery to rebuild a breast's shape) is often an option after mastectomy. Some health insurance plans pay for all or part of the cost of breast reconstruction and, also, for surgery to the other breast so that both breasts

Preventive Mastectomy
by National Cancer Institute
Preventive mastectomy (also called prophylactic or risk-reducing mastectomy) is the surgical removal of one or both breasts. It is done to prevent or reduce the risk of breast cancer in women who are at high risk of developing the disease.

Recurrent Breast Cancer, Nutrition and Physical Activity, Follow-up Care
by National Cancer Institute
Recurrent cancer is cancer that has come back after it could not be detected. Treatment for the recurrent disease depends mainly on the location and extent of the cancer. Another main factor is the type of treatment the woman had before.

Breast Cancer Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Different types of treatment are available for patients with breast cancer. Some treatments are standard (the currently used treatment), and some are being tested in clinical trials.

Breast Cancer: Surgery
by National Cancer Institute
Surgery is the most common treatment for breast cancer. There are several types of surgery. Your doctor can explain each type, discuss and compare the benefits and risks, and describe how each will change the way you look

Breast Cancer High-Dose Chemotherapy, Hormonal and Biological Therapy
by National Cancer Institute
In breast cancer treatment clinical trials, researchers at NCI and other health institutions are testing high-dose chemotherapy to find out if it is better than standard chemotherapy.

Breast Cancer: Surgery, Chemotherapy, Hormone Therapy
by National Cancer Institute
Doctors use two types of radiation therapy to treat breast cancer. Some women receive both types: External radiation: The radiation comes from a large machine outside the body. Most women go to a hospital or clinic for treatment.

Letrozole More Effective Than Tamoxifen in Early Breast Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
In this large international trial of postmenopausal women surgically treated for early-stage, hormone responsive breast cancer, letrozole (Femara®) did better to prevent a recurrence of disease (especially distant metastases) than the commonly

Can antiperspirants or deodorants cause breast cancer?
by National Cancer Institute
There is no conclusive research linking the use of underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and the subsequent development of breast cancer. Two research studies of underarm antiperspirants or deodorants and breast cancer have been completed and provide

Oral Contraceptives and Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Some cancers depend on naturally occurring sex hormones for their development and growth. Researchers are interested in learning whether the hormones in oral contraceptives affect cancer risk in women.

Breast Cancer Screening
by National Cancer Institute
Screening is looking for cancer before a person has any symptoms. This can help find cancer at an early stage. When abnormal tissue or cancer is found early, it may be easier to treat. By the time symptoms appear, cancer may have begun to spread.

Breast Cancer : Simple Implant Placement, Latissimus Dorsi, Rectus Abdominus
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
This operation takes one to two hours. It is usually done under general anesthesia, but local anesthesia is sometimes used and it can be done as outpatient surgery. A small incision is made along the lower portion of the breast near the mastectomy scar

Breast Cancer: Treatment
by National Cancer Institute
Many women with breast cancer want to take an active part in making decisions about their medical care. It is natural to want to learn all you can about your disease and treatment choices. Knowing more about breast cancer helps many women cope.

Mammography Facility Standards
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
No news is good news, the maxim goes, and when a woman is told that her mammogram shows no evidence of cancer, that's good news indeed. But the good news can turn into bad if tumors are missed because of poor mammography.

Breast Cancer Facts, Symptoms, Risks and Treatment
by CDC
There are different kinds of breast cancer. The kind of breast cancer depends on which cells in the breast turn into cancer. Breast cancer can begin in different parts of the breast, like the ducts or the lobes.

Lapatinib Delays HER2 - Positive Breast Cancer
by National Cancer Institute
Between 20 and 25 percent of breast cancers make too much of (overexpress) a protein called HER2, which also is made by normal breast cells. Tumors that overexpress HER2 (called HER2-positive) tend to grow faster and are more likely to come back