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BREAST CANCER BACKGROUND
Breast cancer strikes 1 in 9 women in the United States over their lifetimes, and is the second leading cause of cancer death in women after lung cancer. The good news is that if a women develops breast cancer, her options are much greater than ever before, and proper treatment can usually preserve the breast while enhancing survival.
Cure is much more likely with proper treatment, and understanding the nature of the disease. This is true today even for locally advanced breast cancer.
The Cancer Group Institute's material explains to you, in plain English, the definition, frequency, risk factors, evaluation and staging of breast cancer. Our treatment transcripts explain all about the historic and latest effective treatment. We tell you everything you need to know, now, to manage a breast cancer problem in the best way possible.
