Breast Diseases

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Understanding Breast Changes: A Health Guide for All Women (National Cancer Institute)

• Overviews
• Benign Breast Conditions (American Cancer Society)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Atlas of the Body: The Breast -- Disorders (American Medical Association)
• Pictures of Breast Anatomy (Breastcancer.org)

• Diagnosis/Symptoms
• Breast Lump -- Biopsy (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Breast Problems in Women (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Breast Self-Examination (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Ultrasound: Guided Breast Biopsy (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)
• Vacuum-Assisted Breast Biopsy (Mammatome) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• When You Find a Breast Lump (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• X-ray Guided Breast Biopsy (American College of Radiology, Radiological Society of North America)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Breast Diseases (National Institutes of Health)

• Specific Conditions
• Blood Clot in the Breast (Mondor's Disease) (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Breast Calcifications: Are They Cancer? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Breast Pain: Common but Often Manageable (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Fibrocystic Breast Changes (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)
• Galactorrhea (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Galactorrhea (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
• Mammary Duct Ectasia (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)

• Prevention/Screening
• MedlinePlus: Mammography (National Library of Medicine)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Research
• Study of Tamoxifen and Raloxifene (STAR): Questions and Answers (National Cancer Institute)
  Also available in: Spanish
• Tamoxifen Lowers Risk of Benign Breast Disease in Some Women (National Cancer Institute)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Understanding Breast Changes: Glossary (National Cancer Institute)

• Directories
• ACOG's Physician Directory (American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists)

• Organizations
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• National Cancer Institute
• National Women's Health Information Center (Dept. of Health and Human Services)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Men
• Breast Problems in Men (American Academy of Family Physicians)
• Gynecomastia: When Breasts Form in Males (American Academy of Family Physicians)
  Also available in: Spanish

• Teenagers
• How to Perform a Breast Self-Examination (Nemours Foundation)
• I'm a Guy ... So How Come I'm Developing Breasts? (Nemours Foundation)
• Why Are My Breasts Different Sizes? (Nemours Foundation)
• Why Are My Breasts Sore? (Nemours Foundation)