In-Depth
Atypical hyperplasia of the breast
Tests and diagnosis
- Breast cancer staging Breast cancer staging helps predict your likely response to different breast cancer treatments.
- Breast exam Breast exam — Overview provides benefits and instructions on how to perform a breast self-exam.
- Breast cancer types: What your type means Understand types of breast cancer and how they differ.
Complications
- Bone metastasis Bone metastasis — Comprehensive overview covers symptoms and treatment of bone metastasis in people with cancer.
Treatments and drugs
- Lumpectomy Lumpectomy — Overview covers definition, preparation, risks, results of this breast-conserving surgical procedure.
- Mastectomy Mastectomy — Overview covers definition, preparation, risks of this breast cancer surgery.
- Chemotherapy for breast cancer Chemotherapy for breast cancer — Comprehensive overview covers risks, what to expect from this cancer treatment.
- Radiation therapy for breast cancer Radiation therapy for breast cancer — Comprehensive overview covers definition, what to expect from this treatment.
- Chemotherapy Chemotherapy — Overview covers definition, risks, what to expect during cancer chemotherapy treatment.
Prevention
- Breast cancer chemoprevention: Medicines that reduce breast cancer risk Breast cancer chemoprevention — drugs for breast cancer prevention in high-risk women.
- Genetic testing for breast cancer: Psychological and social impact How the results of genetic testing may affect you and your family members.


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