QuickFACTS Breast Cancer: What You Need to Know-NOW

A Note to the Reader......Page 5
TABLE OF CONTENTS......Page 6
What Is Cancer?......Page 10
The Normal Breast......Page 12
Benign Breast Lumps......Page 15
General Breast Cancer Terms......Page 16
Types of Breast Cancer......Page 17
What Are the Key Statistics About Breast Cancer?......Page 24
What Are the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?......Page 26
Risk Factors You Cannot Change......Page 27
Lifestyle- Related Factors and Breast Cancer Risk......Page 34
Factors with Uncertain, Controversial, or Unproven Effects on Breast Cancer Risk......Page 39
Inherited Gene Mutations......Page 44
Acquired Gene Mutations......Page 45
Lowering Your Risk......Page 46
For Women Who Are or May Be at Increased Risk......Page 47
Can Breast Cancer Be Found Early?......Page 53
American Cancer Society Recommendations for Early Breast Cancer Detection......Page 54
Mammograms......Page 61
Clinical Breast Examination......Page 70
Breast Awareness and Self- examination......Page 71
Magnetic Resonance Imaging......Page 75
How Is Breast Cancer Diagnosed?......Page 78
Medical History and Physical Examination......Page 79
Imaging Tests Used to Evaluate Breast Disease......Page 80
Other Tests......Page 86
Biopsy......Page 88
Laboratory Examination of Breast Cancer Tissue......Page 92
How Is Breast Cancer Staged?......Page 99
Imaging Tests for Detecting Metastasis in Breast Cancer......Page 100
The American Joint Committee on Cancer TNM System......Page 105
Breast Cancer Stage Grouping......Page 110
Breast Cancer Survival Rates by Stage......Page 115
Your Cancer Care Team......Page 118
General Types of Treatment......Page 126
Surgery for Breast Cancer......Page 127
Radiation Therapy......Page 145
Chemotherapy......Page 151
Hormone Therapy......Page 159
Targeted Therapy......Page 165
Bisphosphonates......Page 169
High- dose Chemotherapy with Stem Cell Transplant......Page 170
Clinical Trials......Page 171
Complementary and Alternative Treatments......Page 178
Treatment of Noninvasive (Stage 0) Breast Cancer......Page 182
Treatment of Invasive Breast Cancer by Stage......Page 184
Treatment of Breast Cancer During Pregnancy......Page 195
More Treatment Information......Page 196
Immediate or Delayed Breast Reconstruction......Page 197
Types of Breast Reconstruction......Page 198
Nipple and Areola Reconstruction......Page 204
Choosing Your Plastic Surgeon......Page 205
Before Surgery......Page 208
Possible Risks......Page 209
After Breast Reconstruction Surgery......Page 210
What Should You Ask Your Doctor About Breast Cancer?......Page 214
Follow- up Care......Page 216
Lymphedema......Page 218
Emotional Aspects of Breast Cancer......Page 220
Body Image......Page 222
Sexuality......Page 225
Pregnancy After Breast Cancer......Page 228
Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy After Breast Cancer......Page 229
Seeing a New Doctor......Page 230
Lifestyle Changes to Consider During and After Treatment......Page 231
What Happens If Treatment Is No Longer Working?......Page 236
Causes of Breast Cancer......Page 240
Chemoprevention......Page 241
New Laboratory Tests......Page 242
Newer Imaging Tests......Page 245
Treatment......Page 247
More Information from Your American Cancer Society......Page 254
National Organizations and Web Sites......Page 256
References......Page 258
Glossary......Page 270
Index......Page 302