Everything you should know about BREAST CANCER. Early detection is the only prevention.

1. Dr. Aqsa Murtaza
(Pharm-D)
(Student Ambassador of
Shaukat Khanum Hospital)

2. WHAT IS BREAST CANCER?
RISK FACTORS FOR CANCER / FACTORS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO BREAST CANCER.
DIAGNOSIS

3. Breast
Tumors
MALIGNANT
CANCEROUS
BENIGN
NON-
CANCEROUS

4. Forms in the
tissues of the
breast
Spreads mainly
through the
lymphatic system

6. 1 – A breast lump or tissue thickening that feels
different than surrounding tissue and has developed
recently
2 – Breast pain
3 – Red, pitted skin over your entire breast
4- Swelling in all or part of your breast
5 – Nipple discharge other than breast milk

7. 6 – Bloody discharge from your nipple
7 – Peeling, scaling, or flaking of skin on your nipple or
breast
8 – A sudden, unexplained change in the shape or size of
your breast
9 – Inverted nipple
10 – Changes to the appearance of the skin on your breasts
11 – A lump or swelling under your arm

11. METHODS
OF
DIAGNOSIS
BREAST
EXAM
MAMM
OGRAM
BREAST
ULTRAS
OUND
BREAST
MRI
SCAN
BIOPSY