Early symptoms of Breast Cancer

Aug 11, 2011 by Alexander

Although some patients with early breast cancer doesn’t have touchable breast mass, but often have local breast discomfort, especially postmenopausal women, sometimes feel the side of the breast with mild pain and discomfort, or side of the shoulder Ministry Shen , soreness, discomfort, or even pull and the side of the upper arm. Specifically, the early symptoms of breast cancer have the following performance:

1, early breast lumps can reach the size of beans, hard, movable. Usually no obvious pain, a small number of paroxysmal pain, dull pain or tingling.

2, changes in breast appearance: visible mass in the skin swell, and some local orange peel-like skin, and even edema, discoloration, eczema-like change and so on.

3, near the center of the nipple associated with nipple retraction. Breast skin, mild depression (medicine called “dimple” disease), nipple erosion, nipple asymmetry, or thicker breast skin thickening, increased pore phenomenon (medically called “orange peel syndrome”).

4, nipple discharge: The discharge was bloody, bloody serous should pay special attention for further examination.Regional lymph nodes, ipsilateral axillary lymph nodes with the most common. Supraclavicular lymph nodes were already late.

Early treatment for breast cancer, surgical resection is the preferred method, most patients receive long-term survival after surgery, therefore, once diagnosed with early breast cancer should undergo surgery as soon as possible. As people’s understanding of the biological characteristics of breast changes and improvements in early diagnosis of breast cancer and to carry out comprehensive treatment, surgical treatment of breast cancer showing a gradual trend of narrowing the scope of surgery, because breast-conserving surgery with complete resection of local tumor but also to ensure that breast reconstruction has a good shape for the basic principles. Breast-conserving surgery as the first choice for breast-conserving treatment for patients. If the volume of breast cancer accounted for ≤ 1 / 6, which can be considered for breast-conserving surgery. For larger breast, and an urgent requirement for breast-conserving, so the diameter> 3cm but ≤ 5cm, or tumor diameter> 15em, preoperative chemotherapy first, the line is still breast-conserving surgery.