Although not usually necessary for small breast cancer tumors, a mastectomy is a possible treatment; with the current breast reconstruction procedures, it could be one to consider.

Mayo Clinic study shows that small breast tumors can still be aggressive, and treating them less rigorously because of their smaller size can lead to relapse.

Having gene mutations that raise risk of breast cancer can increase chances of surviving ovarian cancer. Learn more here.

Detecting breast cancer before you have symptoms greatly increases your chances of beating it. Learn the different ways to test for breast cancer tumors here.

Certain changes in cells surrounding breast cancer tumors could predict how aggressively the cancer will spread, an important factor when considering treatment options.

From the smallest non-cancerous lumps to the most dangerous, cancerous and spreading growths, learn all about different kinds of breast tumors here.

A new diagnostic tool can detect very small breast tumors at less than ten millimeters, or two-fifths of an inch. Learn all about it here.

New technology is allowing better detection of even the tiniest breast tumors, and early detection is still the best bet for cancer survival.

Scientists might have found a protein to help diagnose particularly aggressive breast cancer tumors that don't respond to traditional therapy.