Breast cancer is of different kinds which starts in the breast and based on the part of occurrence they are classified. The breast cancer when developed to the nipple or the milk generating ducts carrying milk to the nipple is called the duct cancer. There is another kind of breast cancer is lobular cancer which is formed in the glands of the breast. The above two are most found and there are least commonly found angiosarcoma, phyllodes tumour. The primary symptoms of breast cancer can be identified by the lumps in the breast and change in the shape or the colour of the breast and nipples. The early detection and proper treatment with specialised diagnosis can help the patient to survive and self-examining the breast by the patient themselves can identify. There are certain kinds of preventive medicine and preventive surgeries are available in the medicine to eradicate the further spread of the cancer or the re-progression of the cancer. There are many instances of breast cancer cases found in the men too but the treatment is not found to bee changing with the change in the gender. The lymph nodes under the arm plays a major role in spreading the cancer to various parts of the body and other means of spread in thee body is through blood. The treatment of breast cancer can vary depending on the stage of breast cancer. The most commonly the treatments like radiation therapy, hormonal therapy, chemotherapy to breast, targeted therapy, immune therapy are found. The healthy lifestyle of a person can eliminate the risk of breast cancer even with the hereditary history of genes.
