Breast Cancer Advice Center

What are the signs of breast cancer?

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1. A change in how the breast or nipple feels.Look for a lump or thickening in the breast or armpit area.Nipple tenderness,change in size or shape of the breast,a nipple turned inward,nipple discharge.The skin of the breast may be red or scaly and look like the skin of an orange.
2. if you have breast cancer you wont feel any difference unless your on the 3rd stage of breast cancer. you will notice that your breast has this weird color compair to the other breast and sometime there is some liquid stuff comming out from your nipple... better have biopsy so they can tell you if it's only cyst or you got cancer already.. i do have one you know
3. There aren't any necessarily. If you notice a lump, go get it checked ...but still get routine mammograms as recommended..there may be lumps that you don't notice.
   
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4. "Unfortunately, many breast diseases mimic the symptoms of cancer and therefore require tests and possibly surgical biopsy to obtain an accurate diagnosis. The majority of biopsies are found to be benign (non-cancerous) forms of breast disease. While most breast diseases are not dangerous in themselves, they may increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Hyperplasia, cysts, fibroadenomas, and calcifications are the common benign breast diseases."
   
   "In order to detect breast cancer at its earliest, most treatable stage, the importance of regular monthly breast self-exams, and yearly clinical breast exams, cannot be overemphasized. Mammography, sonography, contrasting magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and digital infrared thermal imaging are all viable diagnostic tools, which will be discussed later in this article. Having regular breast-cancer screening exams is considered the single most effective way to lower the risk of dying from breast cancer."
   
   (Quote from http://www.smile.org.au/cancers/breast%2...
   
   There is a method of self-exam and more details about breast cancer on "www.smile.org.au". Please read it by yourself.