Question 1

symptoms of breast cancer?

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Sometimes none: Breast cancer does not always have symptoms.  When it does, there may be a non tender lump in the breast, dimpling of the skin, inversion of the nipple, bloody nipple discharge, or sore lymph nodes in the underarm.  When breast cancer has spread, it can lead to symptoms in the areas of spread.  For example a patient with bone metastasis may experience bone pain.

Question 2

is breast cancer inherited?

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Sometimes.: It is estimated that approximately 10-15% of all breast cancers in the US are of the hereditary type.  These genes can be inherited from either your father or your mother.  If a woman inherits this gene, they have a 50-75% chance of developing breast cancer in their lifetime.  These cancers tend to occur at any earlier age and may occur in both breasts.

Question 3

what is breast cancer from?

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Breast gland tissue: The most common form of breast cancer arises from the cells that line the walls of the mild ducts (i.e. Ductal carcinoma in situ dcis or invasive ductal carcinoma). The next  most common type is invasive lobular cancer a which arises from the lobules or sacs at the end of the milk ducts.  Other origin tumors such as met aplastic  are amuch more rare.

Question 4

what is ocult breast cancer?

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Occult Ca: Detection of occult tumor cells in blood, bone marrow or lymph nodes by molecular technique that usually can not be detected by imaging or standard immunochemistry in patients with breast cancer.

Question 5

can i inherit breast cancer?

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Yes: Approximately 10-15% of breast cancers in the US are hereditary.  Most of these arise due to a mutation in the BRCA genes.  These can be determined by a simple blood test.  Approximately 2/3 of all women with one of these mutations will eventually develop breast cancer.  There is a 50:50 chance that any child will inherit this mutation.

Question 6

is breast cancer hereditary?

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Sometimes.: It is estimated that 10-15% of all breast cancer cases in the us occur due to hereditary factors.  This risk may be identified by doing a simple blood test to check for brca mutations.  We generally advise testing family members with known breast cancers first before checking unaffected family.

Question 7

how can breast cancer occur?

Accepted Answer

Breast Cancer: Abnormal cells in different parts of breast usually get killed by cells we naturally have in our body--call them "killer cells"one of the 
theories is these cells don't do their job for some reason and the bad cancer cells keep on multiplying-killing a persons normal cells- sometimes spreading the ca cells to other parts of the body
sometimes there is an inherited reason--most, we don't know.

Question 8

how common is breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Lifetime risk 1 in 8: It is estimated that women in the US have a 1 in 8 lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, with the median age at diagnosis of 60.  Common misconceptions include "I have no family risk" or "I am too old to get breast cancer".  In truth, most cases occur in people without a family history and the incidence increases the older one gets.  See:  http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/breast.html.

Question 9

any odor with breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

No: Unless there is an open wound on the breast from an ulcerating cancer, there would be no odor.

Question 10

can males get breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Most of the breast cancers occur in women; however, they do occur in men as well.

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