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Breast Cancer Diagnosis
Breast cancer diagnosis begins with screening. Learn the correct methods for finding breast cancer. Plus, how to confirm or exclude a breast cancer diagnosis
Breast cancer facts
Breast cancer kills more women in the United States than any cancer except lung cancer. But what types of breast cancer are possible?
Cancer Symptoms
Cancer can occur anywhere in the body. But what are the signs and symptoms of cancer? Learn about general symptoms of cancer here.
Breast Cancer Causes and Risk Factors
Why do some women get breast cancer and others don't? Click here to learn what risks you can avoid.
Liver Cancer Causes and Risk Factors
Most of the time, liver cancer does not originate in the liver but has spread from other parts of the body. Learn what puts you at risk of this serious disease.
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News
New view on breast cancer treatment
Giving breast cancer patients radiotherapy and chemotherapy at the same time significantly cuts the risk their tumors will come back and should be considered as a new treatment approach across the world, cancer experts said.
Breast cancer risk factors, newer treatments, tests
Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. And it’s the second-leading cause of cancer death, exceeded only by lung cancer.
Breast cancer treatments, mysteries advance in Philadelphia-area hospitals
Despite advances in thinking and treatment, scientists have not deciphered the mysteries of breast cancer. In developing countries, the disease is on the rise.
Breast cancer scholar Robert Aronowitz discusses big picture
Physician Robert Aronowitz is a medical historian at the University of Pennsylvania. His history of breast cancer, "Unnatural History: Breast Cancer and American Society," was published in 2007. He spoke with Trishula Patel.
Gym thinks pink to fight cancer
A BUNDABERG women's gym is turning pink in aid of breast cancer research this month, and women of all shapes and sizes have been invited to join in.