Breast Cancer in Young People: What You Need to Know
…life. Is breast cancer different in younger people? While breast cancer can take variety of forms, the most common type in young people is ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer, just like…
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Breast Cancer in Men: What You Need to Know
…cancer. 10-12% will have HER2-positive breast cancer, while triple-negative male breast cancer occurs in just 2-3% of cases. What are the stages of breast cancer? Breast cancers are staged on…
Metastatic Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know
What is metastatic breast cancer? Metastatic breast cancer (also referred to as advanced stage or stage IV breast cancer) is breast cancer that has spread (or metastasized) from the breast…
What are the Signs and Symptoms of Breast Cancer?
…conditions or diseases that can also cause changes to the breast. Likewise, anyone can develop breast cancer — not just women. Rachel Freedman, MD, MPH. Inflammatory breast cancer Inflammatory breast…
Breast Cancer and Pregnancy: What You Need to Know
…with your health care provider and report any changes to your body. [Learn more about the signs of breast cancer.] Inflammatory breast cancer Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a very…
Top Myths About Breast Cancer
…history is very important in understanding one’s risk for breast cancer and although having multiple family members with breast cancer may elevate your risk, most breast cancer is not hereditary….
Living Well with Metastatic Breast Cancer
…MD, collaborate on metastatic breast cancer research. Targeted therapies that block the molecular drivers of cancer growth have helped extend life expectancy for metastatic breast cancer patients. For instance, Herceptin,…
Symptoms of Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Fact or Fiction
…If there’s no lump, there’s no cancer. Unlike other types of breast cancer, which are detected with a mass or lump in the breast, inflammatory breast cancer may be detected…
I Have Metastatic Breast Cancer: What Is My Prognosis?
…Metastatic Breast Cancer Program, part of the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center. Cancer.net American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) National Cancer Institute…
The Connection between Pregnancy and Breast Cancer Risk
…Breast Cancer Motherhood, Pregnancy, and Breast Cancer Five Things Young Women With Breast Cancer Should Know Breastfeeding also plays a significant role in lowering breast cancer risk. Women who carry…
What are the Common Subtypes of Breast Cancer?
…is extremely important in determining the best strategies to treat the cancer. Hormone receptor-positive (HR+) breast cancer Hormone receptor-positive breast cancers test positive for estrogen and/or progesterone receptors. Breast cancer…
Breast Cancer Spread to the Brain: What You Need to Know
…brain metastasis, depending on the subtype of breast cancer and other factors. At Dana-Farber/Brigham Cancer Center, the Program for Patients with Breast Cancer Brain Metastases in the Susan F. Smith…
Breast Cancer Research: What’s the Latest?
…to treat breast cancer have lagged because in general, breast tumors have fewer cancer-associated mutations that distinguish the cancer cells from normal cells. “In breast cancer, there are not a…
Get the Facts on Metastatic Breast Cancer
…Metastatic Breast Cancer Network, breastcancer.org, Susan G. Komen for the Cure, and the Metastatic Breast Cancer Alliance, among others. Is there any new MBC research to share? There have…
Breast Cancer Treatment: What’s the Latest?
Not only are more effective drugs for breast cancer coming to the clinic, but oncologists are making important progress in matching breast cancer treatment to specific patients and the molecular…
What Is Lobular Breast Cancer?
…fatty tissue of the breast, they become invasive breast cancers. Invasive lobular breast cancers (ILCs) and invasive ductal cancers (IDCs) have very different growth patterns. Invasive lobular cancers tend to…
What Is Triple-Negative Breast Cancer?
…Other breast cancer subtypes: Hormone-positive breast cancer HER2-positive breast cancer Learn more about triple-negative breast cancer research and treatment at the Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers at Dana-Farber….
Six Things Young Women with Breast Cancer Should Know
…and/or chemotherapy. Certain treatments are more effective against particular types of breast cancer and a woman’s treatment plan will be tailored to the type and stage of breast cancer that…
Five Myths About Breast Cancer
…is no evidence in breast cancer or breast disease that air causes spread of cancer or that needle core biopsy causes cancer to spread. In fact, needle core biopsy is…
Inflammatory Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a rare, very aggressive form of breast cancer that occurs when cancer cells block the flow of lymph in the skin of the breast. This…