Article: "You have breast cancer": what to do after you hear the diagnosis.(VITAL SIGNS)

A DIAGNOSIS OF breast cancer can be terrifying. The good news? Although an estimated 225,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed every year, the mortality rate is rapidly decreasing, thanks to early detection, aggressive treatments and new conclusions regarding hormone use. The American Cancer Society's statistics show that in 2005 there were more than two million survivors of breast cancer in the United States alone. Even so, the moment of diagnosis can still induce shock, fear and depression in the new patient.

"It felt like a bad dream," says Cinthia Reed, who, days before her 47th birthday, learned she had early stages of breast cancer. "All I could think ...

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