Know about Breast Cancer Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment in India

Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer in women and the subsequent driving reason for malignancy passing in ladies after lung disease. Most breast cancers begin in the ducts or lobules. Breast cancer can spread outside the breast through blood vessels and lymph vessels.

Most common two kinds of breast cancer are here, these invasive cancer cells can also spread to other parts of the body.

1. Invasive ductal carcinoma
2. Invasive lobular carcinoma

The first symptoms of breast cancer usually appear as an area of thickened tissue in the breast or a lump in the breast or an armpit.

Other symptoms include:

• Pain in the armpits or breast that does not change with the monthly cycle
• Pitting or redness of the skin of the breast, similar to the surface of an orange
• A rash around or on one of the nipples
• Discharge from a nipple, possibly containing blood
• A sunken or inverted nipple
• A change in the size or shape of the breast
• Peeling, flaking, or scaling of the skin on the breast or nipple
• If you have any signs or symptoms that worry you, be sure to see your doctor right away.
• Remember these symptoms can happen with other conditions that are not cancer.

Know What the Risk Factors Are for Breast Cancer

Most breast cancers are found in women who are around 50 years old or older. Some women will get breast cancer even without any other risk factors that they know of. Having a risk factor does not mean you will get the disease, and not all risk factors have the same effect. If you have breast cancer risk factors, talk with your doctor with your problems.

Risk Factors You Cannot Change

• Getting older
• Genetic mutations
• Reproductive history
• Having dense breasts
• Personal history of breast cancer or certain non-cancerous breast diseases
• Family history of breast cancer
• Previous treatment using radiation therapy
• Women who took the drug diethylstilbestrol (DES)

Breast Cancer Treatment in India

Breast cancer treatment depends on several factors, including:

• The type and stage of the cancer
• The person's sensitivity to hormones
• The age, overall health, and preferences of the individual

And the main breast cancer treatment options include:

Surgery: An operation where doctors cut out cancer tissue.

Chemotherapy: Using special medicines to shrink or kill the cancer cells. The drugs can be pills you take or medicines given in your veins, or sometimes both.

Hormone therapy: Blocks cancer cells from getting the hormones they need to grow.

Biological therapy: Works with your body’s immune system to help it fight cancer cells or to control side effects from other cancer treatments.

Radiation therapy. Using high-energy rays (similar to X-rays) to kill the cancer cells.

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