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Learn the types of breast cancer and their treatment
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Nicole Curtis has her vital signs taken Monday, Sept. 24, 2018 by certified medical assistant Stephanie Baseemah inside the infusion center at The Longstreet Clinic Cancer Center. - photo by Scott Rogers
Women in the U.S. have about a 12 percent chance of developing breast cancer within their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. The type of breast cancer they may be diagnosed with could be one of many forms. The cancer is first labeled invasive or noninvasive, depending on if it has spread to other tissues.