• Breast Cancer Information and Types of Breast Cancer
• Highlights
• Risk Factors
• Prevention and Lifestyle Factors
• Symptoms
• Diagnosis
• Prognosis

Introduction

Breast cancers are potentially life-threatening malignancies that develop in one or both breasts. The structure of the female breast is important in understanding this cancer:

• The interior of the female breast consists mostly of fatty and fibrous connective tissues.
• It is divided into about 20 sections called lobes.
• Each lobe is further subdivided into a collection of lobules, structures that contain small milk-producing glands.
• These glands secrete milk into a complex system of tiny...