Month: January 2018

BCFO’s Best is Yet to Come Breast Cancer Foundation of the Ozarks (BCFO) is completing 17 years of providing services to those with breast cancer-related needs. During the course of […]

Finding a lump in your breast means you have breast cancer. The Truth Only a small percentage of breast lumps turn out to be cancer. But if you discover a […]

Men do not get breast cancer; it affects women only. The Truth Quite the contrary, each year it is estimated that approximately 2,190 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer […]

A mammogram can cause breast cancer to spread. The Truth A mammogram, or x-ray of the breast, currently remains the gold standard for the early detection of breast cancer. Breast […]

If you have a family history of breast cancer, you are likely to develop breast cancer, too. The Truth While women who have a family history of breast cancer are […]

Studies have shown that your risk for breast cancer is due to a combination of factors. The main factors that influence your risk include being a woman and getting older. […]

Some warning signs of breast cancer: New lump in the breast or underarm (armpit) Thickening or swelling of part of the breast Irritation or dimpling of breast skin Redness or […]

Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control. There are different kinds of breast cancer. The kind of breast cancer depends on which […]

Medications are not unfamiliar to cancer patients. Often times, these patients are not only receiving medications for their treatment but also are receiving medications to treat the side effects of […]

These days everyone knows that breast cancer is common, yet for some families it actually seems inevitable.  In these families cancer seems to affect every generation and mothers, daughters, grandmothers, […]