title: Diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.
abstract: This article presents a thorough review of the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, the most common type of cancer found among American women. Topics covered in this article include risk factors, screening, types of breast cancer, diagnostic procedures, surgical and nonsurgical treatments, staging, genetic testing, and nutrition and complementary therapies.
authors.affiliation: Patient Services, MENTOR Medical Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hart
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000379:methods; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000379:methods; D009859:Oncology Nursing / Q000379:methods; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors