What Symptoms Can Occur in Case of Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer is practically unnoticeable during the early stages. When the tumor grows, on further stages, the following symptoms can be revealed:
- A protuberance in the breast or underarm that remains being perceptible after periods; it is the most common first sign of breast cancer. As a rule, breast tumors are painless on the first stages of development. However in some cases woman can experience prickly pains in breast. Mammogram can reveal tumors long before they become visible or can be found manually.
- Swelling in the underarm.
- In spite of lumps are mostly painless, sometimes breast cancer can display in breasts tenderness or aches.
- Sometimes tumor has such outer indicators like flattening or indention on the breast skin. These symptoms may can be a sign when tumor is not noticeable yet.
- Any noticeable changes in breast size, shape, contour or temperature; for example reddened flabby skin like on orange peel can be a symptom of cancer.
- Changes in the nipple, like indrawn or hollowed areolas, prurience or burning; scaly nipple skin is a symptom of Paget’s disease that is a localized form of cancer.
- Unusual nipple discharge, especially in bloody or other color form. As a rule it is a symptom of benignant tumors, but it also can be a sign of cancer.
- A marmoreal tissue under the skin.
- A specific zone of breast that clearly differs from the rest of it by texture, color, sensations.
