Breast cancer
Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant cancer cells form in the tissues of the breast.
- Ductal carcinoma is the most common type of breast cancer and begins in the cells of the ducts.
- Lobular carcinoma is cancer that begins in the lobes or lobules and is more often found in both breasts than are other types of breast cancer.
- Inflammatory breast cancer is an uncommon type of breast cancer in which the breast is warm, red, and swollen.
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in the United States other than skin cancer and is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in American women.
An estimated 234,190 new cases of invasive breast cancer are diagnosed each year. Over the past several years, however, deaths from breast cancer have decreased a little bit every year as cancer prevention, detection and treatment options have improved.
The UC Davis Breast Cancer Program provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for patients with all stages of breast cancer. Breast cancer patients have access to numerous clinical trials of new innovative therapies. Patients receive all of their care in one location, from a team of top academic physicians.