What Is It?
This is the term for cancer that starts in breast tissue.
What is breast cancer?
The most common type of breast cancer, starting in the ducts.
What is ductal carcinoma?
This risk increases simply with age.
What is older age?
A new one of these in the breast or armpit could be a warning sign.
What is a lump?
This imaging test is commonly used to screen for breast cancer.
What is a mammogram?
This term describes breast cancer that has not spread.
What is in situ?
This type starts in the lobules and is more likely to affect both breasts.
What is lobular carcinoma?
Having this type of breast tissue increases your risk.
What is dense breast tissue?
This change in the breast’s appearance may resemble an orange peel.
What is dimpling or puckering of the skin?
This test involves removing tissue to check for cancer cells.
What is a biopsy?
This term describes breast cancer that spreads beyond the breast.
What is invasive breast cancer?
A rare type that causes redness, swelling, and warmth in the breast.
What is inflammatory breast cancer?
This lifestyle factor involving beverages can raise your risk.
What is drinking alcohol?
This nipple change involves it turning inward.
What is nipple inversion?
This surgery removes the entire breast.
What is a mastectomy?
This is the second most common type of cancer in U.S. women.
What is breast cancer?
A rare cancer involving the nipple and surrounding skin.
What is Paget’s disease of the breast?
Starting this at a later age increases risk.
What is menopause?
This type of discharge, especially if bloody, is a warning sign.
What is nipple discharge?
What is nipple discharge?
This therapy uses high-energy rays to kill cancer cells.
What is radiation therapy?
This rare group can also be affected by breast cancer.
Who are men?
These two genes, when mutated, increase breast cancer risk.
What are BRCA1 and BRCA2?
This therapy for menopause symptoms can increase risk.
What is hormone therapy?
This symptom can occur in any area of the breast.
What is pain?
This treatment uses the body’s immune system to fight cancer.
What is immunotherapy?