Marla Anderson, MD, FACS, is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of breast disease. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts growing in the breast tissue.

When actress Christina Applegate revealed her stage 1 breast cancer diagnosis in 2008, she made a bold decision to undergo a double mastectomy despite having cancer in only one breast. Years later, ...

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Breast cancer types include IDC, ILC, HR+, HER2-positive, and triple-negative, each with distinct characteristics and treatment implications. Staging from 0 to IV helps determine treatment plans and ...

Your breast cancer stage plays an important role in your treatment choices. For stages II and III, treatment often involves some combination of chemotherapy, radiation therapy, surgery, targeted drugs ...

Jessie J shared the bombshell news that she has breast cancer on Instagram on Tuesday, telling fans that it was caught “early” but she planned to “disappear for a bit” while she recovers from surgery.

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Five years after a de novo metastatic breast cancer diagnosis, Elissa Kalver has learned that staying alive matters - but so does having a life she can actually live.

After her aunt died, cancer epidemiologist Kim Johnson looked into screening guidelines for long-term care residents — and ...