Healia Health Guide: Breast Cancer
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What You Need to Know About Breast Cancer
What is cancer, really?
Cancer happens when cells somewhere in the body lose the ability to control their growth rate and start to divide uncontrollably…
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What is breast cancer?
Breast cancer is cancer that starts in the cells of the breast. It occurs most often in the cells that make up the ducts and glands of the breast whose job is to make and release milk…
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What causes breast cancer?
All types of cancer are caused by mutations in the genetic material (DNA) of cells and breast cancer is no exception…
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What are the symptoms of breast cancer?
In its early stages breast cancer may have no obvious symptoms. There is usually no pain and there may not be an obvious lump…
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What are the risk factors for breast cancer?
There are several known risk factors for developing breast cancer, yet most women who develop breast cancer have no known risk factors other than the fact that they are women…
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How do I know if I have breast cancer?
If you have any of the risk factors for breast cancer, you should be sure to talk with your doctor about them and discuss a periodic screening schedule that will increase the chances of detecting cancer early, when it is highly treatable…
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What treatments are available for breast cancer?
There are several treatment options for women with breast cancer. The type of treatment the doctor recommends will depend on the type and stage of your disease at the time of diagnosis…
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What is the prognosis for recovery from breast cancer?
Several factors combine to help determine the prognosis or outlook for recovery from breast cancer. Even so, a prognosis is never exact and people defy the odds all the time…
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How can I prevent breast cancer?
Preventing breast cancer involves limiting the risk factors that you have control over, and taking extra precautions if you have one or more non-controllable risk factors…
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