Breast Cancer Health Center
Breast Cancer Treatment - To Learn More About Breast Cancer
For more information from the National Cancer Institute about breast cancer, see the following:
- Breast Cancer Home Page
- What You Need to Know About™ Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Prevention
- Breast Cancer Screening
- Understanding Cancer Series: Gene Testing
- Surgery Choices for Women with Early-Stage Breast Cancer
- Genetic Testing for Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk: It's Your Choice
- Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
- Preventive Mastectomy: Questions and Answers
- Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy: Questions and Answers
For general cancer information and other resources from the National Cancer Institute, see the following:
- What You Need to Know About™ Cancer - An Overview
- Understanding Cancer Series: Cancer
- Staging: Questions and Answers
- Chemotherapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
- Radiation Therapy and You: Support for People With Cancer
- Coping with Cancer
- Support and Resources
- Cancer Library
- Information For Survivors/Caregivers/Advocates
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Breast Cancer Treatment Topics
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and a new study reveals why a high number of women with the disease still prefer to have the entire breast surgically removed instead of just the tumor. It's not always because doctors recommend it.
