early breast cancer

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• early-stage breast cancer — Breast cancer that has not spread beyond the breast or the axillary lymph nodes. This includes ductal carcinoma in situ and stage I, stage IIA, stage IIB, and stage IIIA breast cancers …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Breast cancer — Classification and external resources Mammograms showing a normal breast (left) and a cancerous breast (right). ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

• Breast cancer screening — refers to the medical screening of asymptomatic, apparently healthy women for breast cancer in an attempt to achieve an earlier diagnosis. The assumption is that early detection will improve outcomes. A number of screening test have been employed …   Wikipedia

• breast cancer — Malignant tumour in a breast, usually in women after menopause. Risk factors include family history of breast cancer, prolonged menstruation, late first pregnancy (after age 30), obesity, alcohol use, and some benign tumours. Most breast cancers… …   Universalium

• Breast cancer research stamp — The breast cancer research stamp is a semi postal non denominated postage stamp issued by the United States Postal Service priced slightly higher than the standard first class letter rate. The extra cost goes towards breast cancer research. The… …   Wikipedia

• Breast cancer awareness — National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM) organization is comprised of several national public service organizations, professional medical associations, and government agencies working in partnership to build breast cancer awareness, share… …   Wikipedia

• breast cancer — a malignant tumour of the breast, usually a carcinoma, rarely a sarcoma. It is unusual in men but is the most common form of cancer in women, in some cases involving both breasts. Cumulative exposure to higher oestrogen levels is implicated as a… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• National Breast Cancer Awareness Month — Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) (also referred to in America as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month (NBCAM)) is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the… …   Wikipedia

• Risk factors for breast cancer — Risk factors of breast cancer may be divided into preventable and non preventable. Their study belongs in the field of epidemiology. Breast cancer, like other forms of cancer, is considered to result from multiple environmental and hereditary… …   Wikipedia

• Epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer — Epidemiological risk factors for a disease can provide important clues as to the etiology, or cause, of a disease. The first work on the epidemiology and etiology of breast cancer was done by Janet Lane Claypon, who published a comparative study… …   Wikipedia

• Abortion-breast cancer hypothesis — The abortion breast cancer (ABC) hypothesis (supporters call it the abortion breast cancer link) posits that induced abortion increases the risk of developing breast cancer;] Meta analysisBeralIn March 2004, Dr. Beral et al. published a study in… …   Wikipedia