Cara
Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is a painful tumor that starts from cells of the breast. When someone has breast cancer they usually find a lump near there breast, underarm area, or neck area.

Symptoms:
  • lump or thickening in the breast, underarm area, or neck area
  • change in the size and shape of the breast, underarm area, or neck area
  • nipple starts to get tender and its getting pulled back
  • ridges on the breast skin
  • change in the skin such as warm, swollen, red, or scaly

Signs:
  • new lump or mass forms
  • swelling of all or part of the breast
  • skin irritation or dimpling in the breast
  • breast pain
  • nipple pain or it starts to turn inward
  • redness, scaliness, or thickening of the nipple or breast skin

Risk factors:
  • drinking
  • smoking
  • diet

Risk factors that you cannot change:
  • gender
  • age
  • genetic risk factors
  • family history
  • race
  • dense breast tissue
  • breast radiation early in life

Specialists:
  • doctors
  • surgeons
  • therapists

Treatments:
  • lumpectomy
  • segmentectomy
  • simple mastectomy
  • radical mastectomy
  • modified radical mastectomy
  • sentinel lymph node biopsy
  • axillary lymph node dissection