BREAST CANCER BACKGROUND

Breast cancer strikes 1 in 9 women in the United States over their lifetimes, and is the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer.

The good news is that if a women develops breast cancer, her options are much greater than ever before, and proper treatment can usually preserve the breast while enhancing survival.

Cure is much more likely with proper treatment, and understanding the nature of the disease. This is true today even for locally advanced breast cancer.

The Cancer Group Institute's materials explain, in plain English, the definition, types, risk factors, frequency, symptoms, evaluation, historical and latest effective treatment for breast cancer. The material describes the specifics of radical surgery, radiation, hormones and combination therapies with their results. It will tell you everything you must know to help make the right choices today for a breast cancer problem. To order more information go to http://cancernet.nci.nih.gov

 

Information Links

The Breast Clinic
CancerNet - A Service of the National Cancer Institute