Breast Cancer

These simple steps can improve your quality of life, smoothing your transition into survivorship.

After coping with the initial diagnosis and gathering support from your loved ones, there are questions you should ask your cancer-care team.

How did the pink ribbon come to be the symbol of breast cancer?

Many factors can influence decisions about chemotherapy and sex.

When someone is diagnosed with breast cancer, his or her family and friends become co-survivors.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Karthik Ghosh says, no matter what your personal risk is, there are ways that may help lower your chances of getting the disease. Exercise and healthy eating can help prevent heart disease, but how can you prevent breast cancer?ADVERTISING

If you’re at high risk of breast cancer, you may be able to improve your odds of staying cancer-free by taking certain medicines, an approach known as chemoprevention or preventive therapy. Medications for breast cancer chemoprevention are the subject of much ongoing research.ADVERTISING Here’s a look at what’s known about each of these medications, including

Each year, more than one million women have biopsies that show noncancerous changes in the breast, known as benign breast disease (BBD). Even though the changes may not require treatment, studies over the years at Mayo Clinic and elsewhere have found that not all cases of BBD are the same, and some will go on

If you’re concerned about breast cancer, you might be wondering if there are steps you can take toward breast cancer prevention. Some risk factors, such as family history, can’t be changed. However, there are lifestyle changes you can make to lower your risk. What can I do to reduce my risk of breast cancer? Lifestyle

Male breast cancer is a rare cancer that forms in the breast tissue of men. Though breast cancer is most commonly thought of as a disease that affects women, breast cancer does occur in men. Male breast cancer is most common in older men, though it can occur at any age. Men diagnosed with male

A breast biopsy is a way to evaluate a suspicious area in your breast to determine whether it is breast cancer. There are several types of breast biopsy procedures. A breast biopsy provides a sample of tissue that doctors use to identify and diagnose abnormalities in the cells that make up breast lumps, other unusual

You might not think about how important your hair is until you face losing it. And if you have cancer and are about to undergo chemotherapy, the chance of hair loss is very real. Both men and women report hair loss as one of the side effects they fear most after being diagnosed with cancer.