What are the symptoms of late stage breast cancer?

I think everyone is familiar with breast cancer. It is a disease with a relatively high incidence rate. Many people are already in the middle and late stages of breast cancer when they discover it. Because it is discovered relatively late, it will be difficult to treat. So what are the symptoms when breast cancer reaches the middle and late stages? Let us take a detailed look at it below.

Breast cancer patients are getting younger

The peak age of breast cancer in women is between 45 and 55 years old, but in recent years, the breast cancer patients he has seen are getting younger and younger. The youngest patient is a 20-year-old female college student from Yueqing. After she felt a lump in her right breast, she went to the hospital for a check-up and found out that she had breast cancer. The maximum diameter of the lump in her chest was less than 2 cm, which was still in the early stages of breast cancer. Through the surgery, the patient was basically cured, and can still have normal reproduction a few years after the surgery depending on her recovery.

"The average cure rate for breast cancer can reach 70% to 80%." Experts say that the earlier breast cancer is discovered, the greater the possibility of cure. If breast cancer is discovered when it is still in the early stage of carcinoma in situ, the possibility of cure is as high as 99%. In the case of singer Yao Beina, she was in the late stage of breast cancer. The cancer cells had spread to the brain, and the increased intracranial pressure caused her to fall into a coma.

Not breastfeeding after childbirth increases cancer risk

Although there is no clear mechanism to explain why more and more young people are suffering from breast cancer, excessive estrogen is one of the important causes of breast cancer. Experts say that many fast foods now contain hormones, some businesses use hormone feed to feed poultry in violation of regulations, and young people have irregular lifestyles, all of which may become factors that induce breast cancer.

In theory, women who have medical abortions, who do not breastfeed after giving birth, who have early menstruation, or who have late menopause may have a higher risk of breast cancer. The expert said that he does not recommend taking medication to terminate pregnancy artificially because the medication contains hormones that increase the risk of breast cancer. Breastfeeding can promote secondary breast development and help reduce the risk of breast cancer. As for the popular claims that women wearing bras to sleep and breast augmentation surgery can cause breast cancer, there is no clear scientific basis for these claims. Additionally, the denser the breast glands, the higher the likelihood of breast cancer. There is no association between breast size and breast cancer risk, although larger breasts affect more women than smaller breasts.

Men should be careful about sudden breast enlargement

Although the risk of breast cancer in men is not high, it does not mean that there is no possibility of developing the disease. Experts say that like women, men also have mammary glands, but they do not develop during growth. The incidence of breast cancer in men is about 1% of that in women. It is not uncommon for men to develop breast cancer due to factors such as obesity, excessive drinking, excessive estrogen intake or taking related medications.

The breast surgery department of a certain hospital sees about 100 patients every day, including three or four men, most of whom come for treatment due to breast development. There was once a junior high school boy whose chest grew larger on one side, so he didn't dare to wear a vest in the summer, and he didn't dare to tell his teachers or parents. It was only after a long delay that the child was discovered by his parents and taken to the hospital for examination. Fortunately, it was just idiopathic breast development.

Doctors remind men to be extra careful when encountering such situations, because it may be breast development, but it may also be a tumor. If you miss the best treatment stage because of embarrassment, you will regret it.

The doctor tells you: Ordinary lumps are like "dumplings"; cancerous lumps are like "tree roots"

There are no obvious symptoms in the early stages of breast cancer, and it is usually only detected when a lump appears in the breast. By the time local depressions are discovered on the surface of the breast, or the surface skin becomes "orange peel"-like pinholes due to edema, breast cancer has basically reached the middle to late stages. If a woman has a lump and pain in the breast before menstruation, and it disappears after menstruation, there is no need to worry too much; on the contrary, a painless lump that still exists after menstruation is something to pay attention to.

Three or four days after a woman's menstruation, her breasts are at their softest. It is recommended that she rub her breasts to check herself while bathing or before going to bed. Ordinary lumps are like "dumplings" and move flexibly in the direction of touch during self-examination. Cancerous lumps are rooted in the breast like "tree roots", shaped like "crab claws", and are stiff and difficult to move.

Regardless of whether the lump will become cancerous, it is best to go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible after discovery. Women between 45 and 55 years old are advised to go to the hospital for professional examinations regularly. If a woman around 50 years old finds a lump in one breast and has water or bleeding from a single nipple (there are multiple milk outlets on the nipple), there is a 50% chance that she has breast cancer.

Early examination and early detection are more beneficial for the treatment of breast cancer. The cure rate of breast cancer detected early is as high as over 90%. It is recommended that women over 45 years old go to the hospital for regular breast examinations.

In the above article, we have explained to you the symptoms of mid- and late-stage breast cancer. I think you must have understood that for a disease like breast cancer, you can do a good job of prevention. In life, you should pay more attention to changes in your breasts. Especially female friends, if you have breast pain or lumps in your breasts, you must go to the hospital for examination as soon as possible.