2. • Cancer is the general name for a
group of more than 100 diseases in
which cells in a part of the body
begin to grow out of control.
Although there are many kinds of
cancer, they all start because
abnormal cells grow out of
control. Untreated cancers can
cause serious illness and even
death.
3. What Is Breast Cancer?
• Breast cancer is a malignant (cancer) tumor
that starts in the cells of the breast. It is found
mostly in women, but men can get breast
cancer, too. Here we will only talk about
breast cancer in women.
4. • Breast cancer is a disease in which
malignant(cancer) cells form in
the tissues of the breast. It is
considered a heterogeneous
disease.
• http://www.nationalbreastcancer.org/About-
Breast-Cancer/
6. Symptoms
• Swelling of all or part of a
breast (even if no distinct lump is
felt)
• Skin irritation or dimpling
• Breast or nipple pain
• Nipple retraction (turning inward)
• Redness, scaliness, or thickening of
the nipple or breast skin
• Nipple discharge (other than
7. Diagnoses/Treatments
• screening tests
• Imaging tests like x-rays, magnetic
fields, sound waves, or radioactive
substances
• Mammogram- is an x-ray of the
breast
• Ductogram-thin plastic tube is
placed into the opening of the duct
in the nipple that the discharge is
coming from.
8. Diagnoses/Treatments
• Ultrasound- sound waves to outline
a part of the body.
• MRI scans- use radio waves and
strong magnets .
• Partial mastectomy: Surgery to
remove the part of the breast
that has cancer and some normal
tissue around it. The lining over the
chest muscles below the cancer
9. Diagnoses/Treatments
• Lumpectomy- Surgery to remove a
tumor (lump) and a small amount
of normal tissue around it.
• Total mastectomy- Surgery to
remove the whole breast that has
cancer.
• Modified radical mastectomy:
Surgery to remove the whole
breast that has cancer, many of
the lymph nodes under the arm, the
