Until there's a cure for breast cancer, we will have questions that need answers. We asked Clifford A. Hudis, M.D., chief of the Breast Cancer Medicine Service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York, to address iVillagers' ongoing concerns about prevention, risk, treatment and the prevailing myths about this disease.

Reducing Your Risk

Q: What can I do to reduce my risk of breast cancer?

Q: How much do healthy habits help to lower our risk?

Q: Are women becoming unnecessarily worried about breast cancer?

Q: Does the Pill increase my risk?

Q: Does having an abortion or miscarriage increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer?

Screening for Breast Cancer

Q: Do you recommend breast self-exams?

Q: What other screening techniques are being developed?

Q: Should young women who are concerned about breast cancer get mammograms?

Q: If I have been on HRT for five years, does this mean I should get more frequent mammograms?

Diagnosing and Treating
Breast Cancer

Q: Are the rates of breast cancer increasing or decreasing?

Q: Does having a mastectomy relieve you completely from any further worries of breast cancer on "that side"?

Q: Is it true that breast cancer patients tend to gain weight on chemotherapy?

Q:How close is a "cure"?