Breast cancer

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops from breast tissue. Signs of breast cancer may include a lump in the breast, a change in breast shape, dimpling of the... Wikipedia

• 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
• 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
• Diagnostic method:  Tissue biopsy, Mammography
• Treatment:  Surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy, targeted therapy
• Frequency:  2.2 million affected (global, 2020)
• Deaths:  685,000 (global, 2020)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo