How to detect of breast cancer?

Breast Cancer: Routine breast self exam and routine screening mammography are the two best ways to detect breast cancer as early as possible.

Screening: Proper screening with self breast exams looking for new lumps, breast exams by your physician looking for skin or nipple chanes as well as masses or lymph nodes, and mammogram and ultrasound if needed are the best ways to pick up early stage breast cancer before it causes any symptoms. Once advanced it can cause many different symptoms throughout the body.

Mammogram.: A majority of breast cancers diagnosed in the US are detected by screening mammography before they can be palpated. Mammograms, however, are not perfect, so self-examination monthly and yearly physical examination are important, as well. In select cases, an MRI may be used to detect breast cancer.

Imaging: The most common method of detecting breast cancer is through imaging, either mammograms, ultrasound, or mri. In addition some cancers are detected through physical exams.