Breast cancer
Breast cancer is a malignant growth that contains abnormal breast tissue cells. The growth can occur in an uncontrollable way and may spread within the breast to the lymph nodes or to organs in other parts of the body.
Examples of malignant breast growths include:
- Medullary carcinoma
- Paget’s disease of the nipple
- Inflammatory breast cancer
- Invasive ductal carcinoma of the breast
- Tubular carcinoma [6]
- Metaplastic breast cancer
- Invasive lobular carcinoma of the breast
Location and constituents
Breast cancer can be seen anywhere in the breast, but the most common area is the upper, outer section of the breast. It can be seen near the surface or deep inside the breast. Near the chest wall. In some cases, the growth may appear in the armpit area, where there is more breast tissue (commonly called the breast tail).
A breast cancer lump is not normally movable during a breast self-exam, but since tissue close to it may move, it is sometimes hard to know what is moving during manual examination.
A cancerous breast lump may have an irregular shape (it could be round sometimes) with a pebbly surface, just like a golf ball. It can be hard like a slice of raw carrot.