| Breast cancer | |
|---|---|
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| An illustration of breast cancer | |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Symptoms | A lump in a breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, fluid from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, a red scaly patch of skin on the breast[1] |
| Risk factors | Being female, obesity, lack of exercise, alcohol, hormone replacement therapy during menopause, ionizing radiation, early age at first menstruation, having children late in life or not at all, older age, prior breast cancer, family history of breast cancer, Klinefelter syndrome[1][2][3] |
| Diagnostic method | Tissue biopsy[1] Mammography |
| Treatment | Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy[1] |
| Prognosis | Five-year survival rate is approximately 85% (US, UK)[4][5] |
| Frequency | 2.2 million affected (global, 2020)[6] |
| Deaths | 685,000 (global, 2020)[6] |
| Breast cancer | |
|---|---|
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|
| An illustration of breast cancer | |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Symptoms | A lump in a breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the skin, fluid from the nipple, a newly inverted nipple, a red scaly patch of skin on the breast[1] |
| Risk factors | Being female, obesity, lack of exercise, alcohol, hormone replacement therapy during menopause, ionizing radiation, early age at first menstruation, having children late in life or not at all, older age, prior breast cancer, family history of breast cancer, Klinefelter syndrome[1][2][3] |
| Diagnostic method | Tissue biopsy[1] Mammography |
| Treatment | Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy[1] |
| Prognosis | Five-year survival rate is approximately 85% (US, UK)[4][5] |
| Frequency | 2.2 million affected (global, 2020)[6] |
| Deaths | 685,000 (global, 2020)[6] |
