What type of cancer is breast cancer?

Answer 1

In some tumours, the cells stay in the same place and as the tumour stops growing before it gets very large - often because it simply runs out space to grow. These are called benign tumours and they are not normally dangerous. We all have benign tumours, such as moles and warts. However, in other tumours the cells are able to invade the surrounding tissue and spread into nearby organs where they can cause serious and, eventually, fatal damage. These are called malignant tumours.

Answer 2

What is breast cancer?

Breast cancer is the most common malignancy in women in most of countries. According to statistics, the incidence rate in population is 7-10% of various malignant tumors in the body. It's often hereditary disease. And 40-60 years old, postmenopausal women before and after With a higher prevalence. Only about 1-2% of breast patients were male. It is a malignant tumor，usually begin to come on Glandular tissue in the breast. it is one of the most common malignant tumor, serious impact on women's health and even life-threatening. Male breast cancer is rare.

Breast Cancer Symptoms

The main symptoms: breast masses, Nipple erosion, breast pain, Nipple Discharge, Axillary lymph nodes. As long as the majority of women can have stronger anti-cancer awareness, Fully understand and master the knowledge, Carefully work out self-examination, With medical care level, Believe that cancer is not incurable.

Early symptoms

1, Although some patients with early breast cancer have not been able to touch a clear mass in the breast department. but often feel discomfort in the Parts of the body, Especially postmenopausal women. Sometimes feel slight pain discomfort in the side of the breast, Soreness, Even in the side of the upper arm.

2, Lump can be felt by hand in the breast, It is hard, movable in early stages. Generally there is no considerable pain, a small number of Paroxysmal pain, dull pain or tingling.

3, changes in breast appearance: Visible tumor at the skin bulge, Some of the local orange peel-like, Or edema, discoloration, eczema-like changes and so on.

4, With nipple retraction near the center of the nipple.

5, nipple discharge: If the discharge was bloody, bloody serous should pay special attention for further examination.

6, Local lymph node enlargement, axillary lymph nodes is the most common on the same side. Lymph nodes in the supraclavicular were already late.

Answer 3

breast cancer is not just breast cancer ther are different types of breast cancer

Ductal carcinoma in situ- breast cancer at its earliest stage before the cancer has broken through the wall of the milk duct

Infiltrating ductal carcinoma-starts in the milk duct, breaks through the wall of that duct, and invades the fatty breast tissue

Infiltrating lobular carcinoma-cancer that starts in the milk glands, breaks through the wall of the gland, and invades the fatty tissue of the breast

Inflammatory breast cancer-the most aggressive and least common form of breast cancer

Male breast cancer-can occur in the small amount of breast tissue that is normally present in men

Answer 4

How many type of breast cancer are there