Data Behind the Disease
Diagnosis
What to ask your doctor about early-stage breast cancer
If you've been diagnosed with HER2-positive breast cancer, talk to your doctor about what it means for your treatment options.
Key statistics show racial disparities in breast cancer
Learn how race or ethnicity could affect a person’s risk, age of diagnosis, and treatment outcomes.
Lymph nodes: what do they mean in a breast cancer diagnosis?
What it means when breast cancer spreads to lymph nodes, and what this means for treatment options.
What does it mean to be HER2 positive vs. HER2 negative?
The difference between HER2-positive and HER2-negative breast cancer is related to the amount of a certain protein.
Living with ESBC
6 steps to take after a breast cancer diagnosis
Learning you have breast cancer can be overwhelming. Try these oncologist-recommended tips to move forward.
Talking to children and teens about a breast cancer diagnosis
If you need to tell a child or teen that you have been diagnosed with breast cancer, these strategies may help.
Sharing an early-stage breast cancer diagnosis
Four strategies that may help when telling people that you’ve been diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer.
Treatment
5 questions to ask a care team about breast cancer recurrence
A guide for talking to your oncologist and other healthcare providers about reducing the risk of breast cancer recurrence.
Understanding different types of breast cancer recurrence
The differences between local, regional, and distant breast cancer recurrence, with a look at symptoms for each.
Strategies for communicating with your cancer care team
How to prepare for your healthcare appointments and take an active role in your treatment for cancer.
Why breast cancer clinical trials need more diversity
In order to improve breast cancer outcomes, clinical trials need more women from racial and ethnic minorities.
What type of surgery is used to treat breast cancer?
There are several options to consider, depending on your health profile and preferences.
Protecting your fertility when you have breast cancer
Treatment with gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) medications could lower the chances of infertility for some people with the disease.
How breast cancer impacts people without health insurance
Millions of people in the U.S. are uninsured. Here’s what that can mean when you’re living with breast cancer.
Targeted therapy and HER2-positive breast cancer
Treatments for this type of cancer have improved significantly.
5 ways to stay emotionally fit after a cancer diagnosis
It’s important to consider the mental and emotional sides of health in addition to the physical.
Weight, social ties and other factors that increase your risk of breast cancer relapse
Find out which factors can raise your risk of cancer recurrence, plus how to lower your risk when possible.
Mind Your Health
5 ways to stay emotionally fit after a cancer diagnosis
It’s important to consider the mental and emotional sides of health in addition to the physical.
Mind your health: anxiety, depression, and cancer
Stress can trigger anxiety and depression, and cancer is extremely stressful itself.
9-minute meditation for cancer
Going through cancer can be stressful. According to the American Cancer Society, mindfulness and relaxation practices can help reduce stress.