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71. General Information About Breast Cancer
    

    Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast. The breast is made up of lobes and ducts. Each breast has 15 to 20 sections called lobes,which have many smaller sections called lobules. Lobules end in dozens of tiny bulbs that can produce milk. The lobes,lobules,and bulbs are linked by thin tubes called ducts. Anatomy of the breast,showing ...

72. About This PDQ Summary
    

    PURPOSE OF THIS SUMMARY This PDQ cancer information summary for health professionals provides comprehensive,peer-reviewed,evidence-based information about the treatment of breast cancer. It is intended as a resource to inform and assist clinicians who care for cancer patients. It does not provide formal guidelines or recommendations for making health care decisions. REVIEWERS AND UPDATES ...

73. Treatment Option Overview
    

    There are different types of treatment for patients with breast cancer. 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. Before starting treatment,patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. A treatment clinical trial is a research study ...

74. Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
    

    Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is defined as the absence of staining for estrogen receptor,progesterone receptor,and HER2/neu. TNBC is insensitive to some of the most effective therapies available for breast cancer treatment including HER2 -directed therapy such as trastuzumab and endocrine therapies such as tamoxifen or the aromatase inhibitors. Combination cytotoxic chemotherapy ...

75. Stage Information for Breast Cancer
    

    The American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system provides a strategy for grouping breast cancer patients with respect to prognosis.

76. Checking for Breast Cancer Recurrence
    

    WebMD tells you what to expect if breast cancer returns.

77. Treatment Option Overview
    

    There are different types of treatment for patients with breast cancer. 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. Before starting treatment,patients may want to think about taking part in a clinical trial. A treatment clinical trial is a research study ...

78. Significance
    

    Incidence and Mortality Breast cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer in U.S. women,with an estimated 212,920 new cases of invasive disease (plus 61,980 cases of in situ disease) and 40,970 deaths in 2006.[ 1 ] Males account for 1% of breast cancer cases and breast cancer deaths (see Special Populations). Ecologic studies from the United States [ 2 ] and the United Kingdom [ 3 ] ...

79. About PDQ
    

    PDQ IS A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER DATABASE AVAILABLE ON NCI'S WEB SITE. PDQ is the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) comprehensive cancer information database. Most of the information contained in PDQ is available online at NCI's Web site. PDQ is provided as a service of the NCI. The NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health,the federal government's focal point for biomedical research. .

80. About PDQ
    

    PDQ IS A COMPREHENSIVE CANCER DATABASE AVAILABLE ON NCI'S WEB SITE. PDQ is the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) comprehensive cancer information database. Most of the information contained in PDQ is available online at NCI's Web site. PDQ is provided as a service of the NCI. The NCI is part of the National Institutes of Health,the federal government's focal point for biomedical research. .

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