To detect the breast cancer, annual medical examinations are recommended, depending on the age and medical history of each person, but a car exam. It is that the nodules are the most repeated symptomatology in the disease.
In general, cancerous lumps appear in similar ways, but you should also be aware of other changes. Changes in the skin, nipples and shape of the breasts should be considered as symptoms associated with breast cancer.
How does a cancerous node feel?
Certain studies have found that, in general, malignant tumors are hard, have irregular borders, and do not cause pain in the breast or the area. In some cases they are located in the tissue of the chest wall, so they do not move when you touch them.
In case you detect a tumor in the breast, you should see a doctor for a physical exam, and then a breast ultrasound or mammography, to determine how it will continue.
How big are they?
There is no definite size to determine whether it is healthy or malignant. No matter how small, they are made up of cancer cells, although you can also have larger benign cysts.
And the benign ones, how are they?
When it is a nodule that is not associated with Cancer it can be simple cysts or a fibroadenoma.
The fibroadenoma It is the most common diagnosis in women with lumps in the breasts and does not increase the chances of being diagnosed with this disease in the future, but many doctors recommend doing biopsies anyway, to confirm the diagnosis well.
In those cases, nodules the breast and nipples appear with general pain. In some cases they can appear with yellow or green fluid that oozes from the nipples. As these symptoms can occur in a cancerous nodule, it is best to go to a doctor anyway.
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