Breast Cancer and its symptoms

  Breast cancer is one of the most common diseases in the developing world and it is less common in the third world countries. It originates from the milk ducts and lobules. So the cancers which originate in the ducts are called as ductal carcinoma and the cancer which originates from the lobules is called as lobular carcinoma. There is more chance of developing breast cancer in the female then the male.  Breast cancer is occurring in the humans and in the mammals. Diagnosis and survival rate of the infected persons is depending upon the staging and type of the cancer. The survival rate from the breast cancer is about 85%.  It is one of the most common cancers and comprises of 22.9 % of total cancer patient in the world. About four lack and eighty five thousand people died from the breast cancer all over the world. Female have two time more tendency than the male to develop the breast cancer, survival rate is more in female than the male because of the late diagnosis.

The sign and symptom which appear in breast cancer are the feeling of lumps in a breast than the other breast.  About 85 % chance of the breast cancer when some one reports lumps in the breast. This is diagnosed by the mammogram and lumps located in the lymph node. There is change in the size shape and appearance oft he breast and some time pain is also feel but we can not use pain as the diagnostic tool.

Inflammatory breast cancer is type of breast cancer which is difficult to diagnose. The symptom which appears during the breast cancer is the similar to the normal inflammation of the breast. The symptoms include pain itching, redness and warmth is also felt and inversion of nipple also occurs.  Breast cancer is normally dangerous disease which is metastatic in nature. Metastasis is spreading of the cancer to other parts of the body as well. That why it is very dangerous cancer as it affects the other parts of the body as well.  Most common site where breast cancers can metastasis is the liver bones, kidney, lungs which are most vulnerable part during the breast cancer and the some time brain as well.  Weight loss is also reported in the breast cancer and some time fever and chills are also reported. Pains in bone and in joints are the main sign that the breast cancer is of metastatic type.