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Breast Cancer Awareness Month 2023: After skin cancer, breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed in women across the world. Breast cancer is a common health condition, mainly in women in which the breast cells grow out of control. There are different types of breast cancers which depend on which cells in the breast turn into cancer.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020, there were 2.3 million women diagnosed with breast cancer and 6,85,000 deaths globally. As of the end of 2020, there were 7.8 million women alive who were diagnosed with breast cancer in the past 5 years, making it the world's most prevalent cancer. To spread awareness about this most common type of breast cancer, every year ‘Breast Cancer Awareness Month’ is observed in the month of October to educate people about its causes, symptoms, warning signs, diagnosis and treatment. Here, we have listed some early warning signs of breast cancer that one should not avoid to prevent this health condition.

Watch the video below about how to detect breast cancer: 

Warning Signs Of Breast Cancer

1. The most common warning sign of breast cancer is when a lump begins to form in your breast or underarms and does not go away.

2. Swelling in your armpit or near the collarbone signifies that the breast cancer has spread to the lymph nodes in that particular area.

3. Pain and tenderness in your breast is another symptom of breast cancer. Although lumps usually don’t hurt, some may cause a prickly feeling making you feel uncomfortable.

Detecting warning signs can be a major step in diagnosis of breast cancer (Image Credits: Canva)

4. A flat or indented area on your breast that may develop due to the tumour that you usually don’t see or feel.

5. Another direct warning sign of breast cancer is changes in your breast shape, size, contour, texture and temperature of your breast.

6. Changes in your nipples such as one that pulls inwards, is dimpled, itches and develops sores can be another sign.

7. Also, the formation of a marble-like area under your skin that may feel different from any other part of either breast.

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Risk Factors Of Breast Cancer

Some common risk factors of breast cancer include age, genetics, being female, increasing age, personal history of breast conditions or breast cancer, radiation exposure, obesity, beginning of periods at an early age, menopause at an older age, postmenopausal hormone therapy and excessive alcohol consumption.

 

(Disclaimer: This article is for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.)

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