Knowing the Symptoms of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, and the second main cause of cancer related deaths in women, after lung cancer. While medical and technological advances in treatment and screening have increased the survival rates, there are still approximately fewer than 1 million cases reported in a year in India. Awareness of its symptoms is the best way to diagnosing it as early as possible, and making treatment comparatively easier. The female breast, is made up of fat, connective tissue, and lobules, which produce milk. There are also tiny ducts which carry the milk to the nipple.Breast cancer occurs when the cells that make up the breast begin to act abnormally and grow uncontrollably. There are two types of breast cancers: 1. Ductal carcinoma: Which begins in the cells of the milk duct 2. Lobular carcinoma: Which begins in the cells of the lobules Symptoms of breast cancer are subt...