Breast cancer

breast cancer

Cancer that originates in the mammary gland

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include: a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, milk rejection, fluid coming from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, or a red or scaly patch of skin. In those with distant spread of the disease, there may be bone pain, swollen lymph nodes, shortness of breath, or yellow skin.

Also known as...malignant neoplasm of breast, malignant tumor of the breast, mammary cancer, primary breast cancer, and breast disorder
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