Common and most prevalent cancer in females.

Causes of Breast Cancer :
exact causes of breast cancer not known, but risk factors are

Genetic, hereditary
Lifestyle factors, such as alcohol intake
Non cancer lump in breast untreated can turn carcinogenic

Symptoms of breast cancer include :

Swelling of all or part of a breast (even if no distinct lump is felt)
Skin irritation or dimpling (sometimes looking like an orange peel)
Breast or nipple pain
Nipple retraction (turning inward)
Redness, scaliness, or thickening of the nipple or breast skin
Nipple discharge (other than breast milk)
Rarely mass in axilla can be presenting symptom.

Treatment :

It is multidisciplinary approach. Plan of treatment is decided by stage of disease.
Surgery - options available are

Lumpectomy
Simple mastectomy
MRM- modified radical mastectomy
RM - radical mastectomy
Breast reconstruction after mastectomy

Type of surgery is decided by the operating surgeon depending upon the stage and spread of disease.

Chemotherapy

Gene therapy

Surgical team in K K Hospital have operated and treated successfully breast cancer patients. K K Hospital is easy approachable from Chandan nagar, kharadi, Wadgaonsheri, keshav nagar, Mundhawa, Wagholi, Lohegaon, Sant nagar, Viman nagar, Airport,Magarpatta

FAQ :

- How Does Breast Cancer Start ?

Changes or mutations in DNA can cause normal breast cells to become cancer. Certain DNA changes are passed on from parents (inherited) and can greatly increase your risk for breast cancer. Other lifestyle-related risk factors, such as what you eat and how much you exercise, can increase your chance of developing breast cancer, but it’s not yet known exactly how some of these risk factors cause normal cells to become cancer. Hormones seem to play a role in many cases of breast cancer, but just how this happens is not fully understood.