One of the main reasons why most breast cancer patients are not surviving this treatment is because they do not know that they have this disease in the first place. Because of this, they were not able to undergo treatments in order to stop the growth of cancer early on. With this the following are the signs of breast cancer you should be aware of.
The most common signs of breast cancer are the lumps that you can feel when you have been doing some self examinations on your breasts. The doctors will be able to feel this once your doctor does a physical exam on you during your physical exam. Once they have felt a lump, they will have it tested in order to find out if it is a malignant or benign tumor. Just the same, doctors will be able to check out on mass growth on the breasts through routine mammograms. In this way, they would see whether there are some malignant formations that cannot be felt by the hand.
Other signs that you should watch out for on your breast is the size and the shape. With this, you can try to suspect that the immediate change might be caused by cancer cells growing in your breasts. Aside from this, the breasts' skin should also be checked for any markings or dimpling.
Aside from just the breasts itself, the nipples should also be checked. One of the common signs on the nipples is its inversion. Once you noticed that there is this change on your nipples, you should start consulting your physician immediately. Aside from this you should also take note of nipple discharge.
Other symptoms may also include the Paget's disease. The symptoms of this disease are eczema type symptoms such as redness, itching and burning and even some tingling feeling. This may be taken for granted as the symptoms may just be regular eczema. However, there are cases that women who have this disease also have breast lumps.
Since breast cancer is a type of cancer, you can also consider other cancer symptoms such as unexplained weight loss, swollen lymph nodes and even joint pains as something connected to this disease.
Once one or more of these symptoms were detected, it is very important for people to have these checked immediately in order to do proper work up. Keep in mind that these symptoms may not only be indicative of cancer but also of other diseases. And the breast-specific symptoms may also be an indication of benign diseases of the breasts. Through early check up and detection, you will be able to undergo treatments that will prevent the growth of the lump or the spread of the cancer cells and thus preventing it to grow to its next stage. This will help the women to survive this breast disease.
Overall, these signs of breast cancer should be known to everyone so they would be able to stop this disease from affecting a number of women in the country through early treatments.
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