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Results 1 - 10 of 175 for breast cancer
  1. Breast cancer screening 
    Breast cancer screenings can help find breast cancer early, before you notice any symptoms. In many cases, finding breast cancer early makes it easier to treat or cure. But screenings ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000837.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Hormone therapy for breast cancer 
    Hormone therapy to treat breast cancer uses drugs or treatments to lower levels or block the action of female sex hormones (estrogen and progesterone) in a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000909.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Breast cancer 
    ... cancer can start in other areas of the breast. ... Breast cancer risk factors are things that increase the chance that you could develop breast cancer: Some risk ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000913.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Understanding your breast cancer risk 
    Breast cancer risk factors are things that increase the chance that you could get cancer. Some risk factors ... absolutely will get cancer. Many women who get breast cancer do not have any known risk factors or ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000830.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Breast cancer in men 
    Breast cancer is cancer that starts in breast tissue. Both males and females have breast tissue. This means that anyone, including men and boys, can develop breast cancer. Breast cancer in men is rare. Male breast ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007653.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Breast self-exam 
    ... the benefits of breast self-exams in finding breast cancer or saving lives. Talk to your health care ... Cancer Society recommendations for the early detection of breast cancer. www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/screening-tests- ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001993.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Mammogram 
    ... to evaluate some breast symptoms and to find breast cancer in women with no symptoms. ... images. This does not always mean you have breast cancer. Your health care provider may simply need to ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003380.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Breast MRI scan 
    ... the same breast or the other breast after breast cancer has been diagnosed Distinguish between scar tissue and ... be done after a mammogram to screen for breast cancer in women who: Are at very high risk ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007360.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Whole breast radiation therapy 
    ... therapy uses high-powered x-rays to kill breast cancer cells. With this type of directed radiation therapy, ... in situ (DCIS) For stage I or II breast cancer, after lumpectomy or partial mastectomy (breast-conserving surgery) ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007691.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Partial breast radiation therapy - external beam 
    ... therapy uses high-powered x-rays to kill breast cancer cells. This type of treatment does not target ... up the process. APBI is used to prevent breast cancer from coming back. When radiation therapy is given ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007693.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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