After days in bandages, Wendy Stokes takes her first look at the scars left after a lumpectomy performed to treat breast cancer. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer, but treatment has a high success rate when the cancer is caught early. Stokes's tumor was detected using an MRI, the screening method recommended for women who have tested positive for the breast cancer genes, BRCAs 1 & 2.