Breast Cancer Surgery Information Guide

Basics of Breast Cancer

"I've heard about the surgery and I'm looking to learn a bit more about things like cost, whether it's right for me, and what options I have."

1. Surgery: Deciding About Breast Implants for Reconstruction
   When thinking about surgery for breast cancer you will have many important decisions to make. One decision is whether to have surgery for breast reconstruction at all.
2. Breast Cancer Facts
   Facts women need to know about breast cancer
3. Breast Cancer Basics
   Learn all about breast cancer. How it can be prevented, detected, and treated.
4. Breast Healthy Eating
   How in the world can what you eat aid in prevention of breast cancer?
5. Fighting Breast Cancer
   How can you contribute to the fight against breast cancer? By supporting the organizations and programs listed below, your consumer dollars become a powerful ally to all women.
6. How To Do A Self Exam
   Learn how to do self breast examination to detect breast cancer
7. What To Do When Someone You Know Has Been Diagnosed With Breast...
   Women, and men, who hear the words you have breast cancer can experience a myriad of emotions: fear, anger, betrayal, powerlessness, resentment, loneliness
8. Breast Cancer Patients: Why Acupuncture Is Alternative Therapy...
   With the help of some alternative therapies, breast cancer patients are now seeing a healthier alternative for combatting sickness commonly associated with their chemotherapy treatment.

Details of Breast Cancer

"I already know some basic things about the surgery and I'm ready to research some of the details and maybe ask some questions."

1. Your Breasts: Are They Healthy?
   If your breasts become tender, swollen or lumpy during your menstrual cycle, you may be one of the millions of American women with fibrocystic breast disease (FBD).
2. Confronting the Mammogram Dilemma
   For pre-menopausal women, there is no right answer to the question of whether to have regular screening mammograms.
3. Breast Cancer Resources
   Selected links to Web sites with information about breast cancer.
4. Don't Write Off High-Dose Chemotherapy With Bone Marrow...
   High-dose chemotherapy with bone marrow transplant may still prove to be a viable option for some breast cancer patients
5. Fiddling While Rome Burns: The Latest Mammogram Controversy
   The general impression conveyed by the press is that women are outraged by the failure of the conference to recommend regular mammograms for women in their 40's.
6. Catheter Device Can Treat Early-Stage Breast Cancer
   FDA has cleared a device that provides a radiation treatment option for women who have had a cancerous breast lump removed.
7. HHS Affirms Value Of Mammography For Detecting Breast Cancer
   Updated recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that calls forscreening mammography
8. HHS Approves Nine State Plans To Extend Medicaid Coverage To...
   Nine new states' requests to extend Medicaid benefits to uninsured women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through a federal screening program.
9. NHGRI Researchers Develop Gene Test That Differentiates Breast...
   Technique Can Distinguish Hereditary from Non-Hereditary Tumors; May Lead To New Diagnostic Tests, Future Treatments
10. Study Confirms Breast Cancer Risk in Continuous Combined Hormone...
    Researchers confirmed that a daily, combined dose of estrogen and progestin increases breast cancer risk in post menopausal women, but added risk begins to return to normal after women stop
11. The Lowdown on Tamoxifen
    Tamoxifen is a medication that has been around for about 20 years. Initially it was prescribed to patients with advanced breast cancer.
12. New Lab Test Increases Detection of Spreading Breast Cancer...
    The FDA has approved a new procedure that will quickly diagnose whether breast cancer has metastasized (spread) to a patient's lymph nodes. This molecular-based test will play a big part in factoring what type of treatment the patient will need.
13. Susan G. Komen Foundation Urges Women To Investigate New Means...
    In the following video, provided by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation, a breast cancer survivor shares her personal story. Doctors and specialists also discuss the benefits of regular mammogram examinations, and how MRI scans may be the future in early detection of breast cancer.

Ready for Breast Cancer

"I've pretty much finished by research on the surgery and I think I'm ready to find and meet with a doctor to get started."

1. Find Doctors around Christiana, DE
2. Find Doctors In Other Cities
3. Patient Financing
   Think you'll need help paying for your surgery? Almost anyone is a candidate for easy financing of up to 100% of the surgery costs.

After Breast Cancer

"I've already had the surgery and I'd like to get some support or tell others about my experience."

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