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Members of the Professional Advisory Board (PAB) provide advice and guidance to the organization as we fulfill our mission: making sense of ...

BSE is a tool that may help you learn what is normal for you. BSE includes looking at and feeling your breasts. If you notice any changes in...

In the days following lumpectomy, you’ll receive a pathology report. This report will explain the characteristics of the breast cancer. The ...

Diagnosing DCIS usually involves a combination of procedures: Physical examination of the breasts: Your doctor may be able to feel a smal...

Before lumpectomy surgery In the hospital on the day of surgery, you’ll change into a hospital gown and wait in a preoperative holding area....

Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is the most common type of non-invasive breast cancer. Ductal means that the cancer starts inside the milk d...

Breast cancer can begin in different areas of the breast – the ducts, the lobules, or in some cases, the tissue in between. In this section,...

Lumpectomy is surgery in which only the tumor and some surrounding tissue is removed. On the following pages, you can learn more about lumpe...

After lumpectomy, all the tissue removed from the breast is examined carefully to see if cancer cells are present in the margins — the norma...

Expert Quote “As soon as you're diagnosed with breast cancer, you desperately try to figure out how it could have happened. You a...