Choosing a doctor to treat your breast cancer may be one of the most important decisions you will ever make.

If you or a loved one has been diagnosed with breast cancer, here's a list of questions to ask your breast cancer doctors.

Breast cancer is a complex disease that’s different for every woman. Staging is a way for doctors to describe the disease.

Some experts consider stage 0 the earliest stage of breast cancer. Others think of it as a sort of precancer stage.

In this stage, the cancer either hasn't spread beyond the breast or has spread in a very small amount to a lymph node.

In stage II, the cancer is still contained within the breast and in some cases in nearby lymph nodes.

In stage III, the cancer has spread beyond the breast and into nearby lymph nodes.

With stage IV, the breast cancer has spread to other parts of your body, affecting the bones, brain, lungs, or liver.

Researchers are always on the hunt for new and better ways to diagnose and treat breast cancer.

Radiation therapy uses high levels of radiation to kill cancer cells or keep them from growing, dividing, or spreading.

Proton therapy is used to treat cancers near delicate or critical body areas when radiation can affect those areas.

Chemotherapy for breast cancer uses medicine to kill cancer cells.

Enhertu is a type of medicine called an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC).Human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) is a protein that can be expressed on the surface of some breast cancer cells. Breast cancer that expresses HER2 are treated by Enhertu.

Alkylating agents were among the first anti-cancer drugs and are the most commonly used.

Taxanes are a type of chemotherapy and have been a cornerstone of breast cancer therapy for 40 years.

Hormone therapy, also called endocrine therapy, adds, blocks, or removes those chemicals to treat breast cancer.

Truqap in 2023 to treat advanced breast cancer that is positive for hormones (HR-positive) in people who have changes in certain genes and whose cancer has gotten worse during or after taking hormonal cancer medicines.

Selective estrogen receptor modulators and selective estrogen receptor down regulators are therapies for breast cancer.

Orserdu is designed for advanced ER-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer with ESR1 mutations, aiding in slowing tumor growth.

Tamoxifen is a medication that blocks the female hormone estrogen in the body.

Tamoxifen has been loosely associated with weight gain. Studies have tracked side effects of the drug for years.

Targeted therapy, or biologic therapy, uses the body's immune system or hormonal system to fight breast cancer cells.

Trodelvy works by using the body’s immune system to fight advanced breast cancer cells, helping to slow disease progression.

Ibrance (palbociclib) treats advanced HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer by inhibiting CDK4 and CDK6 to halt tumor growth.

About 80% of breast cancers are estrogen-receptor-positive, or ER+ breast cancer, the most common breast cancer subtype.

Anthracyclines are anti-tumor antibiotics that work on the DNA inside cancer cells.

Breast cancer treatment depends upon the cancer stage, and traits of the cancer cells. Find out which therapies specifically treat HR+/HER2- breast cancer

When you have HER2-negative advanced breast cancer, treatment usually focuses on managing the disease, not curing it.

Verzenio treats early HR-positive, HER2-negative breast cancer by blocking enzymes that help cancer cells grow and multiply.

With HER2-negative breast cancer, your doctor will recommend treatments that will likely cause different side effects.

A mastectomy is a way to treat breast cancer by surgically removing a breast and sometimes nearby tissues.

A lumpectomy is a type of surgery for breast cancer to remove cancer or other abnormal tissue from your breast.

A skin-sparing mastectomy is a newer technique that tries to preserve as much of the skin as possible.

If you’ve had a mastectomy because of breast cancer, you may choose to have reconstructive plastic surgery.

For DIEP flap surgery, doctors take tissues from your belly to make a breast.

Nipple and areola reconstruction after breast reconstruction can boost your body image and help you adjust psychologically.

These are general guidelines for recovering from breast cancer surgery. Always follow your doctor's instructions.

It’s common for women to get this condition after their breast cancer treatment.

After you get a breast cancer operation, good nutrition and exercise can help you regain your health.

Breast cancer treatments can affect healthy cells and can change how you feel. This could cause a number of side effects.

In most cases, the biggest life-changing effects of breast cancer come from the treatment, not from the disease.

If you’ve had taxane-based chemotherapy or other treatments, you may form a condition called peripheral neuropathy.

Complementary and alternative treatments help some women lessen the side effects of radiation and chemotherapy.

Cancer medicines are strong. Although their side effects can be intense, you've got ways to ease them.

You're likely to have some fatigue while you're being treated for breast cancer or any other kind of cancer.

Your weight might change when you get treated for breast cancer. Most women gain pounds, but others lose some.

When you have breast cancer, exercise may be the last thing on your mind.

Healthy juices on their own don’t make up for meals. But they’re an easy way to work fruits and vegetables into your day.

Research shows that about 1 in 4 people with cancer say they feel a lot of anxiousness.

Many people are reluctant to talk about sex, yet sexual problems in women during or after cancer treatment are very common.

Here are some tips for family and friends of someone with breast cancer.

Your doctor says you’re in remission. That’s good news. But what exactly does it mean?

Here are some of the changes you can make to give yourself the best chance to avoid breast cancer recurrence.

Every person who's had breast cancer knows that recurrence is possible. It helps to know what a recurrence might involve.

After you’ve undergone treatment for breast cancer, there’s always a risk of the same type of cancer cells coming back.

Doctors sometimes use the term "advanced breast cancer" or "stage IV breast cancer" to describe cancer that has spread.

Signs and symptoms of advanced breast cancer depend on where it is in your body.

Bring this list to your next doctor's appointment.

You may think of vaccines as a way to prevent disease. Researchers are testing a new kind that might treat breast cancer.

To manage your advanced breast cancer treatment and life on your own terms, learn about the disease and what to expect.

A healthy diet helps you stay strong and feeling well while you treat metastatic breast cancer and helps with recovery.

There may come a time when you decide to stop treatments for your breast cancer. That doesn’t mean supportive care ends.

Here are resources to help you get started, including nonprofit organizations, blogs, and online communities.

Whether you're newly diagnosed with early breast cancer or already in treatment, learn how to make the most of your doctor appointment.

Whether you're newly diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer or already in treatment, learn how to make the most of your doctor appointment.