Early Symptoms Of Breast Cancer Questions

Cancer awareness and early detection: alarming signs are (CAUTION)-
Change in bowel or bladder habits
A sore that will not heal
Unusual discharge or bleeding
Thickening or lump in the breast, testicles or elsewhere
Indigestion or difficulty swallowing
Obvious change in a wart or mole
Nagging cough or hoarseness

Cancer is caused by uncontrolled growth of cells in an area of our body. It can be due to loss of function of tumor suppressor genes or due to increased function of oncogenes.
There are many cancers and that many causes of cancer.
If localised, it may form a lump or swelling. Usually painless. If it has spread i.e. Stage 4, then symptoms due to the affected site or organ can occur. E.g. Breathlessness or hemoptysis in lung, jaundice in liver, ascites with abdominal distension in peritone...more

Breast cancer as the name suggests is cancer that starts in breast. It generally starts with a small lump in the breast. If not treated on time can progress to involve the whole breast and may even spread to other parts of body.
No specific cause but increase exposure to hormones, not breastfeeding children, having late children, postmenopausal hormone therapy, obesity etc are some of the known risk factors.

Hi lybrate-user
Its difficult to say if cure is possible.
However cancer breast requires combination of chemotherapy radiotherapy and surgery.

Alump is felt in the breast. If you cannot detect it of your own better see an oncologist who will teach you breast self examination. You may pick up the disease in very early stage and with proper treatment it will be curable.

Self breast examination should be done by all ladies after the age of 40.
Kindly learn the method from a doctor.
Self breast examination can lead to early detection of any lump in the breast.
Symptoms are lump in breast, nipple discharge, skin changes over breast etc.
General symptoms would be weight loss loss of appetite breast pain which may be seen in in many other conditions also.
Tests cost would differ from institute to institute. Government hospitals would do it for a ...more

Breast cancer is caused by lifestyle changes like sedentary lifestyle, lack of exercise, fatty diet, late onset of periods, not having children, late conception of first baby, not breast feeding, history of hormonal therapy or ocps, some times genetic. It usually presents as painless lump or skin changes like dimpling of skin etc. Routine breast self examination once a month five days after periods helps in early identification.

Cancer is uncontrolled proliferation of transformed cells in any part of the body. Neoplasm or tumor are used variably to describe any swelling or new growth. Benign growths don’t have potential to spread to other organs or parts of the body while malignancy or malignant growths have uncontrolled proliferation and metastatic potential.
Transformation is multistep process with genetic alterations by which normal cells acquire malignant potential, uncontrolled proliferation capacity and capaci...more

Cancer can have many symptoms depending on where the cancer has arisen from. For example, if there is a lung cancer, it can present as coughing with lot of sputum or blood. It may present as a lump or swelling like in breast cancer, etc prevention is always better than cure. So it is always wise to prevent things that cause cancer, eg. Smoking.
Any cancer if detected early, can be treated ususally. So we should be more aware and guarded.
It is not necessary that a person has diabetes if ...more

Hi lybrate-user, I appreciate you seeking help. Symptoms manifest majorly in the following ways -
a. Lump/ nodule in the breast that gets attached to the skin of the breast over time.
B. Enlarged lymph nodes in the axilla which are palpable.
C. Rarely, red, swollen and tender breast.
In your case, however, it may be a benign tumor. Nevertheless, to be on a safer side, I would advise you to get this clinically examined by a gynaec oncologist right away and not delay any further. I...more