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

Find answers in our in-depth report on breast cancer:

• How can I reduce my risk?
• How is it diagnosed?
• How is it treated?
• What are the risk factors?
• What are the screening tests?
• What are the symptoms?
• What is breast cancer?
• What questions should I ask my healthcare provider?

• Breast biopsy
• Breast MRI
• Breast needle biopsy
• Breast reconstruction
• Breast reconstruction - animation
• Breast surgical biopsy
• Lumpectomy
• Mammography
• Mastectomy
• Mastectomy lumpectomy - animation
• Radiation therapy
• Sentinel lymph node biopsy

In her own words: living with breast cancer

Medication for women with advanced breast cancer

What promise does Herceptin hold for one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer?

Breast Cancer Screening: Research and Guidelines

A breakdown of the mammography and breast exam guidelines from the American Cancer Society, American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF).

Breast self-exam

Women should perform a breast self-exam every month. Learn about the exam and how to do it.

Your health may be "all in the family"

Knowing your family's medical history can save your life...and your children's and grandchildren's.

Fibrocystic breast changes: lumps that are normal

Discusses fibrocystic breast changes, a benign condition that affects over half of all women.

• Fibrocystic disease
• Mastitis