| Breast cancer | |
|---|---|
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| An illustration of breast cancer | |
| Specialty | Surgical 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 the female fertile window; 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, Ultrasonography |
| 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 | Surgical 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 the female fertile window; 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, Ultrasonography |
| 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] |
