Noninvasive breast cancer occurs when cancer cells are only in the ducts. Invasive breast cancer occurs when abnormal cells move out of the ducts or lobules into the surrounding breast tissue. Metastasis occurs when cancer cells move into the lymph nodes or bloodstream and travel to another part of the body.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, except for nonmelanoma skin cancer, and the second most common cause of cancer death in American women (lung cancer is the most common cause).

Investigators report headway against breast cancer, the disease that worries women more than any other.

Waiting for biopsy results is never easy. But you will know your results within days. You may get the results during a follow-up visit with your provider. Or your provider may call you with the results.

Your health habits may play a role in helping to reduce your risk for this serious disease, and they're particularly important as you get older.

Fear of recurrence joins with initial fatigue, hair loss, and perhaps discomfort from breast reconstruction.