Breast Cancer: Symptoms, Stages, Types

Published OnAugust 30, 2021

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Today, many women worldwide claim to have Breast Cancer. Unfortunately, most of them don’t possess the required information so that they can take early treatment of it. While having breast cancer, women will have breast lumps. Breast cancer is a specific disease that develops within the breast cells. 

Symptoms of breast cancer:

Symptoms of breast cancer can vary from woman to woman. But most of the time, due to negligence, the disease starts growing in the breast cells. So let’s check the symptoms or early signs of breast cancer.

  • Women can have lumps in the breast or underneath, and it usually does not fade away. It is the first sign of having breast cancer.

  • Women may feel swelling in the armpit or near the collarbone. It is the sign of the spread of cancer to lymph nodes.

  • There can be discharge from nipples, or you can feel the dimpling of breast skin.

  • Nipples can get changed as they may turn inside, or they can develop sores.

Stages of breast cancer:

Stage Zero: 

This is the stage when the cancer is detected at the early stage. At this stage, cancer starts to spread in the breast ducts.

Stage 1:

 This early stage is known as invasive, and here the cancer cells break to attack healthy tissues. This stage can also be divide into Stage 1A and Stage 1B.

Stage II- 

At this stage, cancer starts spreading and grows faster. Doctors also divide this stage into IIA and IIB.

Stage III–

At this stage, cancer reaches the advanced stage. Here cancer can reach more than 10 lymph nodes. 

Types of breast cancer:

Primarily breast cancer is divided into two types – Invasive and Non–invasive. Invasive breast cancer are ductal carcinoma, Lobular Carcinoma, inflammatory breast cancer, Phyllodes Tumors. Apart from that, women can also suffer from triple–negative breast cancer and Metastatic Breast cancer.

To learn more about  Breast Cancer Symptoms, stages, sign, risks factors, prevention, diagnosis etc. For any queries then make an appointment & consult with doctor. Dr. Ashish Pokharkar offers the best Breast Cancer treatment in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad PCMC.