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Breast cancer facts for kids

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Breast cancer is cancer in the breast.

There are many more people getting breast cancer since the 1970s. This is because of how people in the Western world live. Because the breast is composed of identical tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occurs in males, though it is less common.

When a person gets breast cancer, they can try to cure it in three ways. Doctors can cut out the cancer (mastectomy or lumpectomy). They can give the person drugs (chemotherapy). They can also try to kill the cancer with energy (radiation). If one cure does not work, they may need to try another.


Images for kids

  • En Breast cancer illustrations

    Early signs of possible breast cancer

  • Pie chart of incidence and prognosis of histopathologic breast cancer types

    Histopathologic types of breast cancer, with relative incidences and prognoses

  • BreastScreen Aotearoa

    A mobile breast cancer screening unit in New Zealand

  • Louis-Jacques Goussier Enzyklopädie Diderot Pl XXIX

    Breast cancer surgery in 18th century

  • William Stewart Halsted, Surgical papers Wellcome L0004968

    Radical mastectomy, Halsted's surgical papers

See also

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