| Cancer is rapidly increasing every day. There are so | | | | other areas in the body. The common places it |
| many different types of cancer that it's almost | | | | spreads to are the bones, the liver, the lungs and the |
| impossible to not know someone who has been | | | | brain. Rapid unexpected weight loss can be another |
| affected by it. One of the most rapidly increasing | | | | symptom of this type of cancer, as well as chills |
| forms of cancer is breast cancer. It is important for | | | | bone and joint pain. |
| us to know what the breast cancer symptoms are | | | | Since this form of cancer is becoming increasingly |
| so that we can seek necessary treatments early, | | | | more common, doctors have encouraged all women |
| thereby increasing our chances of an early recovery. | | | | to get regular mammogram x-rays. Mammogram |
| Breast cancer has steadily been on the rise since the | | | | x-rays are relatively fast, cheap and accurate and are |
| 1970's and its rise often blamed on modern western | | | | available in most countries. Mammograms have shown |
| lifestyles. It's the number 2 most common form of | | | | to reduce the breast cancer mortality rate by 20 or |
| cancer worldwide and is the number 5 most common | | | | 30%. |
| cause of cancer death. For North American women, it | | | | Because of the increase in the incidence of breast |
| is the number 2 cause of cancer death after lung | | | | cancer, especially in North America, more and more |
| cancer. | | | | people are becoming aware of it. It is important for |
| Early symptoms of breast cancer are usually breast | | | | us to know what these breast cancer symptoms are |
| pain or a painful lump. Since the invention of breast | | | | so that we can consult our doctor early. Ironically, |
| mammograms, breast cancer is found as an | | | | although cancer of the breast is most common |
| asymptomatic nodule even before any symptoms | | | | among women, men can also get this type of cancer. |
| arise. When the cancer has reached small vessels | | | | Hence, it is of utmost importance that we should pay |
| under the skin, known as dermal lymphatic, it can | | | | close attention to our bodies, especially our breast, |
| represent itself as a skin inflammatory. This | | | | and arrest any cancer growth before it becomes a |
| inflammatory can cause pain, swelling, redness, | | | | major problem to us. A regiment of periodical |
| warmth, and an "orange peel" like texture to the skin. | | | | self-check of our body, especially our breast, should |
| Cancer of the breast can also represent itself as a | | | | be encouraged. |
| metastatic disease meaning that it can spread to | | | | |