Health Topicscancerbreast cancerHow should women seek support after a breast cancer diagnosis?

How should women seek support after a breast cancer diagnosis?

Written by Jameson Kowalczyk. Medically reviewed in December 2024 by Ann Wendling, MD, MPH.

Updated on October 23, 2024.

When going through diagnosis and treatment for breast cancer it's important to have help—and to ask for help when you need it. Watch Radiation Oncologist and breast cancer survivor Tonya Echols Cole, MD, explain some ways the people around you can lend support.

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