Learn how to find a hospital near you that specialize in breast cancer treatments. Find tips on choosing a hospital for your breast cancer treatment.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about treatment and prognosis for early breast cancer.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn how living a healthy lifestyle may lower your risk of different types of cancer (including breast cancer) and other health conditions.| Susan G. Komen®
Women who get regular exercise (physical activity) have a lower risk of breast cancer than women who are inactive. Learn more.| Susan G. Komen®
Age is an established risk factor for breast cancer. Getting older increases the risk of breast cancer in women and men. Learn more.| Susan G. Komen®
Women with dense breast tissue are more likely to get breast cancer than women with fatty breasts. See mammogram images and learn more.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn how a family history of breast, ovarian or prostate cancer is linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.| Susan G. Komen®
Questions You May Want to Ask Your Health Care Provider – Breast Cancer Diagnosis If you need a breast biopsy Find questions you may want to ask your health care provider before getting a breast biopsy. If you’ve been diagnosed with breast cancer If the diagnosis is metastatic breast cancer Find questions you may want […]| Susan G. Komen®
Find information for breast cancer patients on clinical trials. Learn about joining a clinical trial and find questions to ask your doctor about clinical trials.| Susan G. Komen®
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Learn about chemotherapy as a treatment method for breast cancer here.| Susan G. Komen®
Breast cancer can recur at the original site (called recurrence or local recurrence), as well as return and spread to other parts of the body (called metastasis or distant recurrence).| Susan G. Komen®
Learn about surgery for breast cancer. Surgery may be lumpectomy (breast-conserving surgery) or mastectomy, and may include breast reconstruction (reconstructive surgery).| Susan G. Komen®
Radiation therapy uses targeted, high-energy X-rays to kill breast cancer cells. Also learn about radiation therapy after lumpectomy and after mastectomy.| Susan G. Komen®
Learn how hormone therapies can slow or stop the growth of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer tumors by preventing the cancer cells from getting the hormones they need to grow.| Susan G. Komen®
Breast cancer is complex, both in terms of diagnoses and treatment option. It's always a good idea to consider getting a second opinion - learn why here.| Susan G. Komen®
Metastatic breast cancer (stage IV) is the most advanced stage of breast cancer. Learn about treatments for metastatic breast cancer.| Susan G. Komen®
A breast biopsy is the only test that can diagnose and confirm breast cancer. Learn about needle and surgical biopsies.| Susan G. Komen®