General Questions:
Who gets breast cancer and what are the risk factors?
What are signs and symptoms of breast cancer, and how is it diagnosed?
Staging: What happens after diagnosis?
How do you treat breast cancer?
- Surgery (lumpectomy vs. mastectomy)
- Radiation Therapy (the basics)
- External Beam Radiation including IMRT
- Side effects of breast radiation
- Chemotherapy or Hormone Therapy
How do I make an appointment to have radiation at ARC?
Other Breast Cancer/Radiation Related Topics:
Balloon Brachytherapy for Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in women, affecting nearly one in eight women during their lifetimes. Breast Cancer forms when normal cells that make up different parts of the breast tissue become malignant. Early detection in the last few decades has shifted the stage that breast cancer is typically diagnosed into a much earlier one, and advances in treatments such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy have made great strides in improving survival rates.