Symptoms And Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer. The breast is made up of fat, connective tissue, and thousands of lobulus (small glands producing breast milk). When a woman gives birth, breast milk (BREAST MILK) will be sent to the nipple through tiny channels while nursing.
The cells in our body usually grow and multiply on a regular basis. The new cells are only formed when needed. But the process in the body of the person with cancer will be different. The process will be run in unnatural growth and proliferation of cells in to uncontrolled.
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| Symptoms And Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer |
Symptoms Of Breast Cancer
The first indication of a general awareness of breast cancer is a lump or thickened skin on the breast, but around 9 out of 10 lumps that appear are not caused by cancer. Ask the doctor if you experience the following symptoms:
- Pain in the breast or armpit that is not related to the menstrual cycle.
- The breast skin lump or thickened.
- Discharge of liquid from the nipple (usually accompanied by blood).
- Change the size in one or both breasts.
- The breast skin to constrict and become concave.
- Changes in shape of the nipple, such as nipples goes into.
- The itch and rash around the nipple.
- A lump or swelling in the armpit.
A Diagnosis Of Breast Cancer
In General, breast cancer is diagnosed through a routine examination or when the sufferer realize certain symptoms that eventually became the catalyst for a doctor.Physical examination alone is not enough to confirm a diagnosis of breast cancer.
If you find a lump on your breast, your doctor will recommend some procedure to verify whether You had breast cancer or not.
- Mammography. Examination by mammography are commonly used to detect the presence of cancer.
- Ultrasound. This type of inspection is used to ascertain whether a lump in a breast-shaped solid or contain liquid.
- Biopsy. This inspection includes the process of sampling of breast cells and test it to see if the cells cancerous. Through this procedure, biopsy sample will also be examined to find out which type of cell affected by breast cancer,malignant and the reaction against hormones.
When diagnosed positive with the cancer, you need a number of further examinationto find out the stadium and the rate of spread of the cancer. Of which:
- MRI and CT scans.
- X-rays of the chest.
- Tulanguntuk inspection check whether the cancer had already spread to the bone.
- Biopsy of lymph nodes (lymph stain) in the armpit. If there is a spread of the cancer of the lymph nodes, the first to be infected are lymphatic stain sentinel. Its location varies so need to be identified with the combination of radioactive isotopes and ink blue.
You are also recommended to undergo the checks will show the reaction of cancer incertain types of treatment. Of which:
Examination Of HER2Cancer is stimulated by a protein called HER2 (human epidermal growth factorreceptor 2), can be treated with drugs that block the effects of HER2. This type of treatment is called biological or molecular therapy.
Examination of hormone receptors
The growth of breast cancer cells may also be triggered by the body's natural hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone. Cancer cell samples will be taken fromthe breasts and the tested to see the reaction on estrogen or progesterone. If the hormones attached to cancer cells, i.e. the use of hormone receptors, the cell isreferred to as hormone receptor positive. The process of treatment for this type of cancer is to stop the effects of the hormone levels or lower is known as hormone therapy.
Staging Breast Cancer
Stadium explains the size and extent of cancer spread. Breast cancer is noninvasiveductal sometimes described as Stage 0. The other describes the development stage of breast cancer is invasive. The doctor will determine the stage of cancer once you diagnosed positive of getting cancer.
On stage 1Tumor size is less than 2 cm. Tumors do not spread to the lymph nodes in the armpit and there are no signs of the spread of cancer to other parts of the body.On stadium 2Tumor size is 2-5 cm or no spread to lymph nodes, or both. There are no signs that the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body.On stage 3Tumor size is 2-5 cm. Tumors may stick to the skin or the tissue around the breast.Lymph nodes in the armpit is infected, but there are no signs that the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body.On stage 4Tumors with all sizes and has already spread to other parts of the body (metastasis).
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