Breast Cancer and Symptoms

When cells of breast multiply abnormally and cause malignant tumor then it is known as breast cancer.
In case of breast cancer the tumor generally develop in the duct which carry milk to nipple or in lobules which are milk producing glands.
Breast cancer is second most common cancer in world after lung cancer.
According to a data, about 192,370 cases are diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,170 will die of breast cancer in 2009 in US.
Symptoms of breast cancer
More often breast cancer diagnosed by presence of lump around breast tissue. More than 80% women diagnosed with breast cancer had found lump in their breast before diagnosis.
Some time lumps found in armpit are also indicating sign of cancer.
There are other kind of breast cancer where lumps generally do not form like inflammatory breast cancer and paget disease of breast.
In case of Inflammatory breast cancer, the breast look like peel of orange due to blockage of lymph nodes.
In case of Paget disease of breast, there is a scaly rash around nipple, often misdiagnosed as eczema . Some time there was painful itching sensation. The skin become red around nipple or areola.
Other breast cancer symptoms include, inverted nipple, change in shape of breast or nipple, spontaneous liquid discharge from nipple other than milk.
The discharge may contain blood or it may be clear.
My suggestion is if there are any kind of changes in breast then one should immediately consult physician.