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One thing your healthcare team considers when making your breast cancer treatment plan is the type of breast cancer that you have. The type tells your healthcare team about the cells that make up your breast cancer. Your team uses this information to choose the treatments that are most likely to help you.

Much of the information about your type of breast cancer can be found in a pathology report. A pathology report is made by the doctors who test samples of your breast cancer cells in a lab. These doctors are called pathologists. Ask a member of your healthcare team to help you understand what your pathology report means.

Here's a look at what's considered when deciding what type of breast cancer you have.