Question 1

what are some typical signs and symptoms of breast cancer?

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Breast lump: Common symptoms and signs include the presence of a lump, nipple discharge, nipple inversion, and/or dimpling of the skin.  While cancers typically do not cause pain, a painful lump still must be considered a cancer until proven otherwise.  Rare forms of cancer may look like a breast infection (redness and swelling of the breast) or a scaly rash on the nipple.

Question 2

what are some early signs and symptoms of breast cancer?

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Lump in breast: A lump in the breast is the usual early sign/symptom.  In uncommon cases, a rash on and near the nipple, retraction of the nipple, redness and swelling of the breast, mass in the armpit may be the first manifestation.  Rarely distant spread of the tumor, especially to the bone may be the first sign.

Question 3

what are some early signs and symptoms of breast cancer (besides a lump)?

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Abn Mammogram: Aside from a lump, there are very few signs and symptoms of early breast cancer.  When the cancer has reached a considerable size, it can cause skin changes (such as dimpling, thickening), bloody/clear discharge, and/or pain.  By leaps and bounds, the earliest sign of a breast cancer is an abnormality found on routine screening mammography.  Mammograms save lives!

Question 4

what are the sure signs and symptoms of a breast cancer ? on what age does it occur ?

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Dominant mass: If not found very early on mammography, a breast cancer usually announces itself as a painless mass in the breast. They are rare in women before age 30. A majority of breast lumps are benign but the lab usually needs to make the final call on tissue. They are much less common in men but do occur; a lump under one or both of a man&#x27;s nipples is usually gynecomastia, which is benign.

Question 5

what are the signs and symptoms of male breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Painless lump: Breast cancer appear in men as silent painless lump, often ignored then  as fixed ulcerated mass. 1% of breast cancers are in men, as diagnosis is done in late stages, prognosis is poor,  due to lack awareness  in men cause delayed treatment.  Early diagnosis, is the key for cure.

Question 6

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.

Question 7

how to know if i have early signs/symptoms of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Get a Mammogram: The American Cancer Society (ACS)  recommends getting a baseline mammogram by age 40.  Please see your physician for a breast check and bilateral mammograms.
Breast cancer is usually silent with no signs/symptoms.
Some women do have a palpable lump which is often not painful.
Any bloody nipple discharge or any lump should be further evaluted with imaging and by your physician.

Question 8

at what usual age does a woman start noticing the early signs/symptoms of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

Older: The older a woman becomes the risks of breast cancer can increase there are no early symptoms of breast cancer. Early breast cancers are only seen on mammogram and are too small to feel and cause no symptoms. Start yearly mammograms at age 40 and have yearly physical exams.

Question 9

mammogram with no signs or symptoms of breast cancer. result 0.6 cm asymmetry in the central region of breast what does this mean?

Accepted Answer

BREAST EXAMINATION: Mean you need a breast examination if you have not have one
might need to repeat the test in six month.

Question 10

how can i tell if my symptoms are a sign of breast cancer?

Accepted Answer

What symptoms?: No matter, no doctor on health tap can tell you if you have cancer or not without an exam.  Go see your doc please.

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