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Smiling African American woman named Melanie Nix, who is a triple-negative breast cancer survivor

Breast Cancer Progress: Knowledge is Power

When some types of breast cancer are caught early and treated, survival rates can be near 100 percent. However, ongoing research is vital: breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death for women in the U.S. after lung cancer.

•	Breast Cancer Home Page
•	Video: Melanie Nix, breast cancer survivor
•	Breast Cancer Risk in American Women
•	A Snapshot of Breast Cancer: trends in funding, research (PDF-245KB)

HER2 cancer biomarker in breast cancer cells. Cell nuclei are stained blue while dots responding to the HER2 protein light up in bright red at the cell membranes.

Study Reveals Genetic Similarities Between Breast and Ovarian Cancers

One subtype of breast cancer shares many genetic features with high-grade serous ovarian cancer, researchers from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) report. Such similarities may open common avenues of research into therapies for the two cancers.

•	NCI press release: TCGA breast cancer study
•	The Cancer Genome Atlas initiative
•	Breast Cancer Home Page

You Don't Need to Be a Scientist to Help Make Progress in Cancer Research

Anyone can be a part of the medical research process by donating biospecimens, such as blood, tissue, or saliva. Your biospecimen donation may help researchers find, prevent, and treat cancer and other diseases.

•	How You Can Help Medical Research (PDF - 3.5MB)
•	Learn about the importance of tissue samples
•	Video: The Role of Tumor Samples in TCGA

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