Breast Cancer
- Among the most common cancers in India, breast cancer kills one of every two women it afflicts in the country
- Breast cancer is more likely to occur as a woman ages.
- Breast cancer rarely occurs in men. Because men with breast cancer usually have a lump that can be felt easily. Screening tests are not likely to be helpful in men.
- Breast cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the breast.
Risk Factors
Symptoms/Warning Signs
- New lump in the breast or underarm (armpit).
- Sudden change in size of pre-existing lump in the breast or underarm (armpit).
- Thickening or swelling of part of the breast.
- Irritation or dimpling of breast skin.
- Redness or flaky skin in the nipple area or the breast.
- Pulling in of the nipple or pain in the nipple area.
- Nipple discharge other than breast milk, including blood.
- Any change in the size or the shape of the breast.
- Pain in any area of the breast.
