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What is breast cancer?
If you've received a diagnosis of cancer in one or both of your breasts, you should know that you are not alone. Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women, according to the American Cancer Society. Over the course of a woman's life, she has a 1 in 8 chance of getting the disease. Breast cancer in men is rare.
In breast cancer, malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissue of the breast. These cells are different from normal, healthy cells. Normally, cells grow in an orderly manner. But cancer cells become abnormal and grow out of control.
Sometimes breast cancer develops slowly. Other times, the cancer is aggressive and tumors develop quickly. Prompt attention in this disease is necessary because cancer cells can break away and travel through the bloodstream to damage other parts of the body. The spread of cancer to another part of the body is called metastasis.
