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

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 3

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 4

how can breast cancer occur?

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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 5

how can breast cancer happen?

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Genetics: Some genes are activated in these cells and they start growing without control. Also the could travel through blood stream to other body areas.

Question 6

what is systemic breast cancer?

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Not sure...: What you mean. Breast cancer that has spread to other sites or other organs might be described as being systemic. Would need more information to be sure that i understand your question correctly.

Question 7

how is breast cancer diagnosed?

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By a biopsy: Pathology from a biopsy.

Question 8

how dangerous  is breast cancer?

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It Varies : Breast cancer is really many different diseases which vary based upon its unique molecular "fingerprint". Survival is dependent upon our ability to eradicate breast cancer cells that may have spread from the breast to vital organs (lungs, liver, bone etc).  While chemotherapy isn't always effective, we have made tremendous advances over the past decade and expect more to follow.

Question 9

whats the sign of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Several: New or enlarging lumps, nipple discharge and skin changes are all things that should be investigated to rule out breast cancer. Each of these can be associated with other things but cancer should be ruled out.While many breast cancers do not cause pain, some do: any new, persistent pain in the breast should be evaluated. The best time to DX cancer is before signs develop. Mammograms save lives.

Question 10

signs/symptoms of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Lump: Not previously felt, inverted nipple, change in skin at nipple/areola, skin with appearance of orange skin, lump in the arm pit. Pain is not a common feature of breast cancer. First degree relative is a signal to be alert.

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