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Breast cancer management
Expert breast cancer advice from our consultant breast surgeon, Mr. Raouf Daoud
Breast cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in females in the western world, affecting 1 in 8 women during their lifetime. The best chance to cure breast cancer is to discover it early. Any new lump must be checked and investigated by a specialist. Breast cancer is the leading cause of death in women under fifty in the UK.
Breast cancer can present as:
- Lump
- Hardness
- Changed nipple
- Nipple retraction or deviation
- Nipple ulceration
- Skin dimpling
- Change in breast contour
- Nipple discharge
- Skin thickening
- Inflammation
- Lump under the arm pit
ANY NEW BREAST SYMPTOMS WARRANTS A CLINICAL EXAMINATION.
Please ask your GP to refer you for a consultation
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Breast self-examination
All women from a young age should learn to examine their breasts. Doing this regularly allows them to detect any changes that could be a sign of cancer.
Watch the video to see how to perform self-examination correctly.
Breast self examination Raouf Daoud
Family history
In some families breast cancer can be inherited due a defective gene that can be passed from one generation to the next. The more number of relatives on one side (paternal or maternal) with breast or ovarian cancer, the more significant is the history.
In other families that do not have a genetic defect, but frequent breast cancers occur, no gene is found yet. Future research may reveal more.
Patients with strong or moderate risk breast cancer get early yearly screening from the age of 40.
