Breast Cancer

Early Stage Breast Cancer: Choosing Your Surgery

This program is for women with early-stage invasive breast cancer (Stages I and II) who are able to choose either mastectomy or lumpectomy and radiation. It includes information to help you understand how cancer grows in the breast and how it is treated, what to expect with each surgical treatment, a comparison of the treatments, and questions to keep in mind. (57 minutes)

DCIS (Ductal Carcinoma in Situ): Choosing Your Treatment

The treatment choices described in the video are lumpectomy, lumpectomy and radiation, tamoxifen (generally combined with lumpectomy and radiation), and mastectomy. Data in the program compare the chance of developing invasive breast cancer or of having DCIS come back in either breast after all four treatments. Women who have had each of the four main treatment options talk about what helped them make their decisions and share how treatment affected them, both physically and emotionally. This program is not intended for women with any of the following: DCIS in several different areas, DCIS with any known areas of invasive cancer, lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS), pregnancy, or an overall health condition that makes mastectomy life-threatening. (52 minutes)

Breast Reconstruction: Is It Right For You?

This program helps women decide whether to have breast reconstruction, when to have it, and which type to choose. Additional procedures to match the other breast are also discussed. (55 minutes)

Early Breast Cancer: Hormone Therapy and Chemotherapy—Are They Right For You?

This video and accompanying booklet are intended for women who have not had hormone therapy or chemotherapy before surgery and are considering one or both of these treatments after surgery. (49 minutes)

Living with Metastatic Breast Cancer: Making the Journey Your Own

Because this diagnosis affects so many facets of a woman's life—family, friends, work, play, finances, faith—it means coping with many changes. In this video, four women discuss how they cope while living with breast cancer that has spread, and describe some things that helped them. (30 minutes) Booklet updated 2009

This is a National Cancer Institute publication for women who have early stage breast cancer (DCIS or Stage I, IIA, IIB or IIIA). It includes information about the surgery choices, resources, a glossary defining words used in the booklet, and a page for notes. (24 pages, 2004)