What is breast cancer ? and wht r its symptoms& do married woman hv more chances plz detail me?


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Breast cancer is a cancer of the glandular breast tissue.

Worldwide, breast cancer is the fifth most adjectives cause of cancer loss (after lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, and colon cancer). In 2005, breast cancer caused 502,000 death (7% of cancer deaths; almost 1% of adjectives deaths) worldwide.[1] Among women worldwide, breast cancer is the most common cancer.[1]

In the United States, breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer surrounded by women, and the second most common impose of cancer death surrounded by women (after lung cancer). In 2007, breast cancer is expected to cause 40,910 death (7% of cancer deaths; almost 2% of adjectives deaths) in the U.S.[2][3] Women surrounded by the U.S. have 1 surrounded by 8 lifetime chance of developing invasive breast cancer and a 1 in 33 arbitrary of breast cancer causing their demise.[3]

The number of cases has significantly increased since the 1970s, a phenomenon to a degree blamed on modern lifestyles in the Western world.[4][5] Because the breast is composed of tantamount tissues in males and females, breast cancer also occur in males, though it is smaller number common

History
Breast cancer may be one of the oldest known forms of cancer tumors surrounded by humans. The oldest description of cancer (although the term cancer be not used) was discovered surrounded by Egypt and dates rear legs to approximately 1600 BC. The Edwin Smith Papyrus describes 8 cases of tumors or ulcers of the breast that be treated by cauterization, with a tool call "the fire drill." The writing says roughly speaking the disease, "There is no treatment."[8] For centuries, physicians described similar cases in their practises, beside the same in a state conclusion. It wasn't until doctors achieved greater caring of the circulatory system in the 17th century that they could establish a contact between breast cancer and the lymph nodes in the armpit. The French surgeon Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750) and following the Scottish surgeon Benjamin Bell (1749-1806) were the first to remove the lymph nodes, breast tissue, and underlying chest muscle. Their successful work be carried on by William Stewart Halsted who started performing mastectomies in 1882. He became certain for his Halsted radical mastectomy, a surgical procedure that remained popular up to the 1970s.


[edit] Types
These are the pathological and clinical category of breast cancer. There can be overlap between these categories; for example, a ductal carcinoma can also be an inflammatory breast cancer.

Ductal carcinoma 65-90%
Lobular carcinoma 10%
Inflammatory breast cancer
Medullary carcinoma of the breast 5%
Colloid carcinoma 2%
Papillary carcinoma 1%
Metaplastic carcinoma
Triple Negative Breast Cancer

[edit] Symptoms
Early breast cancer can in some cases present as breast aching (mastodynia) or a painful lump. Since the advent of breast mammography, breast cancer is most frequently discovered as an asymptomatic nodule on a mammogram, previously any symptoms are present. A lump under the arm or above the collarbone that does not be in motion away may be present. When breast cancer associates with skin inflammation, this is specified as inflammatory breast cancer. In inflammatory breast cancer, the breast tumor itself is causing an inflammatory hostile response of the skin, and this can cause niggle, swelling, warmth, and glow throughout the breast.

Changes in the appearance or shape of the breast can tilt suspicions of breast cancer.

Another reported symptom complex of breast cancer is Paget's disease of the breast. This syndrome presents as eczematoid skin changes at the nipple, and is a behind schedule manifestation of an underlying breast cancer.

Most breast symptoms do not turn out to represent underlying breast cancer. Benign breast diseases such as fibrocystic mastopathy, mastitis, functional mastodynia, and fibroadenoma of the breast are more common cause of breast symptoms. The appearance of a new breast symptom should be taken seriously by both patients and their doctors, because of the possibility of an underlying breast cancer at almost any age.

Occasionally, breast cancer presents as metastatic disease, explicitly, cancer that has spread beyond the inventive organ. Metastatic breast cancer will cause symptoms that depend on the location of metastasis. More adjectives sites of metastasis include bone, liver, lung, and brain. Unexplained weight loss can occasionally herald an occult breast cancer, as can symptoms of fever or chills. Bone or joint pains can sometimes be manifestation of metastatic breast cancer, as can jaundice or neurological symptoms. Pleural effusions are not uncommon next to metastatic breast cancer. Obviously, these symptoms are "non-specific," meaning they can also be manifestation of many other illnesses.

What is a BJ?

its cancer surrounded by the breast tissue its also not just a womans disease men take it too. being married wont increase or condense the chances of you getting it. conjugal has zilch to do with it

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