When we find out we have breast cancer, we are all terrified. After all, this is cancer. We also know that this disease has a great impact on our bodies and can even endanger our lives. However, many people are not very clear about the clinical manifestations of breast cancer. The following describes the clinical manifestations of breast cancer.
What are the clinical manifestations of breast cancer?
1. Breast lump
80% of breast cancer patients are diagnosed with breast lumps. Patients often discover breast lumps inadvertently, most of which are single, firm, with irregular edges and a not-so-smooth surface. Most breast cancers are painless lumps, only a few are accompanied by dull pain or stabbing pain of varying degrees.
2. Nipple discharge
If blood, serous, milk, and pus leak out of the nipple during non-pregnancy, or if the milk still leaks more than six months after stopping breastfeeding, it is called nipple discharge. Nipple discharge has many causes. Common disorders include intraductal papilloma, breast hyperplasia, ductal dilation, and breast cancer. A unilateral hemorrhagic hemorrhage should be investigated further, and a breast mass should be given more attention.
3. Skin changes
Skin changes caused by breast cancer can show a variety of signs. The most common is that the tumor invades the Cooper's ligament (Cooper's ligament). The Cooper's ligament connects the breast skin and the deep thoracic fascia, making it shorten and lose its elasticity, pulling the skin of the corresponding part, showing a "dimple sign", that is, the skin of the breast appears Small depressions, like dimples. If cancer cells block the lymphatic vessels, "orange peel" can occur, which is many small dot-like dimples in the skin of the breast, like an orange peel. In advanced breast cancer, cancer cells infiltrate the skin and grow along lymphatic vessels, glandular ducts, or fibrous tissue. Scattered hard nodules, called "cutaneous satellite nodules," form in the skin around the primary cancer.
4. Abnormal nipple and areola
Tumors located deep in or near the nipple can cause nipple retraction. The tumor moves away from the nipple, which can also be retracted or lifted when the large duct in the breast is invaded and shortened. Eczematoid carcinoma of the nipple (Paget's disease of the breast) is characterized by itching, erosions, ulceration, crusting, scaling, and burning of the nipple skin, leading to nipple retraction.
Now here are some symptoms of breast cancer. When we find that our body has symptoms similar to the above, we must go to a regular hospital in time to avoid breast cancer from harming our body. In addition, we hope that we should also pay attention to our dietary choices, which directly determine the treatment of breast cancer.