Dense breasts have a higher proportion of glandular and connective tissues relative to fatty tissue.
Cancer screening is any method of looking for cancer before it causes symptoms and is easier to treat. Learn more about these procedures.
Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow erratically and turn into cancer. Learn about symptoms and treatment.
Doctors may decide to interfere with hormone production in order to stop cancer from spreading, slow it down or decrease the odds it will come back.
Whether for screenings, diagnosis, or treatment for yourself or someone you care about, Yale Cancer Center offers multidisciplinary care.
A surgical procedure to reduce the size and weight of breasts.
A rare but aggressive form of breast cancer.
Cancers of the breast and ovaries caused by genetic mutations.
Lymph nodes can be used to determine whether cancer has become metastatic, meaning it’s begun to spread from the original tumor site to other parts of the body.
Metastatic cancer occurs when cells from part of the body spread to the brain.