The essentials

Many women who get breast cancer say it changes their life. Most women cope better with their illness and have a better quality of life if they learn about their breast cancer and are involved in making decisions about their treatment.

We've brought together the best research about breast cancer and weighed up the evidence about how to treat it. You can use our information to talk to your doctor and decide which treatments are best for you.

What is breast cancer?
What are the symptoms of breast cancer?
How do doctors diagnose breast cancer?
What treatments work for breast cancer?
How common is breast cancer?
Breast cancer: why me?
What will happen to me?
Questions to ask your doctor
Further information

In Brief

Breast cancer: DCIS
It can be frightening to be told that you have breast cancer. But early breast cancer can usually be cured. Good treatments are available. This information is about a type of early breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ.
Breast cancer: early
It can be frightening to be told that you have breast cancer. But early breast cancer can usually be cured. Good treatments are available and many women recover to live a long and healthy life.
Breast cancer: locally advanced
It can be frightening to be told that you have breast cancer. But good treatments are available. Women with breast cancer now have a much better chance of surviving their illness than they did in the past.
Last updated: May 20, 2011