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What is Breast Cancer?

Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast.

What Is Cancer? Cancer is a broad term for a class of diseases characterized by abnormal cells that ...Read More

Causes of Breast Cancer When you’re told that you have breast cancer, it’s natural to wonder what may have ...Read More

Breast Cancer Facts & Stats Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of ...Read More

Breast Tumors A tumor is a mass of abnormal tissue. There are two types of breast cancer ...Read More

Breast Anatomy As you learn about breast cancer, we will repeatedly reference the anatomy of the breast. ...Read More

Male Breast Cancer All people, male or female, are born with breast cells and tissue. While males do ...Read More

Growth of Cancer There is much that we know and much that we have yet to understand. However, ...Read More

Risk Factors Did you know that 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in ...Read More

Breast Cancer Genetics

Everyone has genes that pass along hereditary information from generation to generation. Sometimes changes occur ...Read More