Understanding Biopsy Results

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Staging

Staging is a way to classify how advanced a breast cancer is, which indicates a patient’s prognosis.

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Who’s On My Treatment Team

Who’s On My Treatment Team

It is very common to have a multidisciplinary team working together with a patient throughout their cancer journey.

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Treatment Options

Treatment Options

It’s normal to feel overwhelmed when planning your treatment with your doctors. There is no single plan that works for everyone, so your care team will carefully choose the most effective treatment or combination of treatments that fit your unique diagnosis.

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Types of Breast Cancer

Types of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer actually describes a variety of cancers that occur within the breast. Breast cancer is typically categorized by two factors – where the cancerous cells are located and whether the cancer is prone to spreading.

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If It’s Breast Cancer

If It’s Breast Cancer

When a person is diagnosed with breast cancer, they are faced with a mountain of information and have to make a lot of choices. Feeling overwhelmed, angry, and afraid are completely normal.

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Fibroadenomas

Fibroadenomas

Not all breast lumps are malignant (cancerous). There is such a thing as benign (non-cancerous) breast disease. The most prevalent, non-cancerous breast lumps are known as fibroadenomas [FI-bro-ad-eh-NO-mas]

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Benign Diagnosis

Benign Diagnosis

A breast biopsy diagnosis may reveal that a breast abnormality is benign, or non-cancerous. This is good news.

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Your Pathology Report

Your Pathology Report

The tissue samples removed during your breast biopsy will be sent to a pathologist. A pathologist is a doctor who studies the tissue under a microscope and presents the findings, including a diagnosis, in a pathology report.

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