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April is National Cancer Control Month, dedicated to raising awareness for cancer prevention and treatment. One of the best tools to prevent cancer is regular screening.

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Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but aggressive form of cancer making up only 1-5% of all breast cancer cases in the US. This particular type of cancer forms in the cells that line the milk ducts…

There’s good news about breast cancer survival rates: They’re improving! The average 5-year survival rate for women with invasive breast cancer is 91%. And, even better, if the cancer is located only…

Each year, doctors diagnose over 275,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer.  Many of these cases are found in the early stages because of mammograms. The earlier that breast cancer can be…

If you’ve had a mammogram and your doctor told you your breasts are dense, you may be wondering what exactly that means and whether it changes your risk for breast cancer. Although dense breast tissue…