Understanding Risk

BCRF looks at the link between breastfeeding and breast cancer risk.

Read more about research-backed ways to reduce your risk.

What you need to know about how diet and breast cancer are linked.

What to know about how drinking impacts your risk of the disease.

Learn more about hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk.

Read more about how breast cancer and exercise are linked.

BCRF debunks persistent myths about breast cancer with research.

From lumps to nipple changes, these are the changes every woman should know.

Learn all about the most widely used screening tool.

Wondering when to start mammograms? Learn more about screening guidelines.

Learn about these two important forms of breast cancer screening.

BCRF answers common questions about this screening tool.

BCRF answers common questions about this supplemental screening tool.

Learn what it means to have dense breasts and how researchers are improving screening.

Ease any pre-procedure anxiety with this practical guide on what to expect.

Discover what breast cancer recurrence is and how BCRF is supporting research into recurrence.

Learn what breast cancer hormone receptors are and why they’re important in diagnosis and treatment

What to know about HER2 status in breast cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Read about what the molecular subtypes of breast cancer are and why they’re important.

BCRF unpacks the different breast cancer grades and how they inform treatment.

Read about breast cancer staging and the characteristics that define each stage.

BCRF breaks down breast cancer survival rates overall and by factors like stage and breast cancer type.

Learn more about blood tests for breast cancer and the latest liquid biopsy research.

Read BCRF’s guide to different types of breast cancer.

Learn about invasive ductal carcinoma—the most common type of breast cancer.

Learn more about invasive lobular carcinoma, the second most common type of breast cancer.

Read more about this aggressive form of breast cancer and BCRF research.

Read more about inflammatory breast cancer—a rare, but aggressive type.

Learn more about HER2-positive breast cancer treatments and research.

Here’s what to know about HER2-low breast cancer and how it differs from HER2-positive.

Read more about ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as stage 0 breast cancer.

Learn more about lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) and how it increases breast cancer risk.

Men can get breast cancer, too. Here’s what to know.

Read how breast cancer impacts the elderly and how research is improving care.

These are the stats and facts to know about how breast cancer impacts younger women.

What to know about these treatments and their role in breast cancer

Read about what a lumpectomy is, why it’s performed, and what the lumpectomy recovery process is like.

Everything to know about this common surgery for breast cancer treatment.

Learn about the different types of breast cancer surgery and why they’re performed.

BCRF explores breast cancer treatments from surgery to targeted therapies.

Learn more about metastatic breast cancer and BCRF research.

Read how breast cancer disparities in care and outcomes impact people of color.

Here’s what to know breast cancer disparities Black women face.

Breast cancer is rising among AAPI women. Read what’s driving disparities.

Native women are six percent more likely to die from breast cancer. Read more about how the disease impacts this community.

Learn how disparities affect Hispanic women and Latinas diagnosed with breast cancer.