Everything About Breast Cancer

Staging is used to assess how far the cancer cells have spread within the breast or other parts of the body. Treatment options depend on the stage of the disease.

Stage 0 – breast carcinoma in citu has two types: ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS). DCIS is a pre-cancerous condition where abnormal cells are found in the lining of the breast duct, but have not yet spread to other parts of the breast. However, DCIS has the potential to become an invasive cancer. LCIS, on the other hand, is when abnormal cells are found in lobules of the breast, which seldom become invasive.

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For more than a decade, an inaccurate rumor claiming that because antiperspirants actually work to stop underarm, certain toxins become trapped inside the body.  has been broadly circulated through the Internet and new media stating that the use of antiperspirants is a leading cause of breast cancer. The false rumor is angering health care professionals and alarming women across the country. These toxins, according to the rumor, are deposited in the lymph nodes below the arms, leading to cell mutations and the development of breast cancer.

This link between antiperspirants and breast cancer is now proven to be completely inaccurate. The body does not, in fact, need to purge toxins from the armpits in the form of perspiration. There are no toxins to purge; sweat is made up of a combination of 99.9% water, sodium, potassium and magnesium.

What are the symptoms of breast cancer in men?

Symptoms of breast cancer in men are very similar to those in women. One such example is the development of a lump in the chest. However, unlike women, men have a more severe reaction to strange symptoms that make them tend to go to the doctor often partly because it is supposedly unnatural for their sex to be experiencing what they once thought was a disease caught by the opposite sex only. A list of the several effects of the abysmal disease are bleeding from the nipple and/or abnormalities in the skin above the cancer. This is because the cancer has already quickly spread to the lymph nodes in a large number of these men, thus the abnormalities. If not treated early, it could spread to the other parts of the body.

What kind of men are more likely to get breast cancer?

At the age of 35, very few men are prone to get breast cancer, but the likelihood of developing the disease increases with age. African-American men appear to be at greater risk than white men. In fact, in some places in Africa, breast cancer in men is much more common than in women. Also, among those who are found to have a higher risk are college-graduated professionals.

The most conceivable risk for developing breast cancer in men seems to be limited to those who have had an abnormal enlargement of their breasts in response to drug or hormone treatments, poison, and other factors.

How can they get breast cancer?Although it is painfully obvious that a man doesn’t have breasts, he does have a small amount of breast tissue. In fact the “breasts” of an adult man are similar to the breasts of a girl before puberty. These “breasts” consist of a few ducts surrounded by breast and other tissue. In girls, female hormones make these tissue grow and develop, but in men, who do not secrete the same amounts of these hormones, this tissue does not develop.The point is, it is still breast tissue, and as such men can develop breast cancer. In fact, men and women have the same types of breast cancer .