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Breast cancer
In-Depth
Symptoms
- Is it breast cancer? Procedures to evaluate breast lumps Breast lumps — recommended tests and procedures to evaluate a breast lump for breast cancer.
Tests and diagnosis
- Breast cancer staging Breast cancer staging — helps predict your likely response to different breast cancer treatments.
- Types of breast cancer Understand types of breast cancer and how they differ.
- Biopsy: Types of biopsy procedures used to diagnose cancer Biopsy procedures, including needle biopsy and bone marrow biopsy, are used to diagnose cancer.
- Mammogram Mammogram — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this breast cancer X-ray test.
- Breast exam Breast exam — Overview provides benefits and instructions on how to perform a breast self-exam.
- Breast biopsy Breast biopsy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this breast cancer test.
- Breast MRI Breast MRI — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this breast cancer test.
- BRCA gene test for breast cancer BRCA gene test — Overview covers definition, results of testing for specific breast cancer genes.
Complications
- Obesity Obesity — Comprehensive overview covers causes, treatment and prevention of this serious health risk.
Treatments and drugs
- Lumpectomy Lumpectomy — Overview covers definition, preparation, risks, results of this breast-conserving surgical procedure.
- Mastectomy Mastectomy — Overview covers definition, preparation, risks of this breast cancer surgery.
- Radiation therapy Radiation therapy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this cancer treatment.
- Breast augmentation Breast augmentation — Overview covers what to expect, risks and results of breast implant surgery.
- Breast reconstruction with flap surgery Breast reconstruction with flap surgery — Overview covers definition, risks, results of autologous breast reconstruction.
- Breast reconstruction with breast implants Breast reconstruction with breast implants — Overview covers definition, risks, results of breast reconstruction surgery.
- Brachytherapy Brachytherapy — Overview covers definition, risks, results of this type of radiation therapy for cancer.
- Adjuvant therapy guide for breast cancer Adjuvant therapy for breast cancer — Guide covers breast cancer treatment options to prevent recurrence.
- Breast reconstruction with breast implants Breast reconstruction with breast implants — Overview covers definition, risks, results of breast reconstruction surgery.
Coping and support
- Support groups: Find information, encouragement and camaraderie Find information on types of support groups, and how to choose the right one.
Prevention
- Breast cancer chemoprevention: Medicines that reduce breast cancer risk Breast cancer chemoprevention — drugs for breast cancer prevention in high-risk women.
- Genetic testing for breast cancer: Psychological and social impact How the results of genetic testing may affect you and your family members.
- Prophylactic oophorectomy: Preventing cancer by surgically removing your ovaries Prophylactic oophorectomy — surgery that reduces risk of breast cancer and ovarian cancer.
- Prophylactic mastectomy: Breast cancer prevention for high-risk women Prophylactic mastectomy — Find out if this breast cancer prevention surgery is right for you.
