What are the Symptoms of Breast Cancer?

The most common symptom of breast cancer is a painless mass in the breast. However, up to 10 percent of patients feel pain without mass. Less common symptoms of breast cancer are

• A breast lump or thickening that feels different from the surrounding tissue
• Change in the size, shape or appearance of a breast
• Changes to the skin over the breast, such as dimpling
• A newly inverted nipple
• Peeling, scaling, crusting or flaking of the pigmented area of skin surrounding the nipple (areola) or breast skin
• Redness or pitting of the skin over your breast, like the skin of an orange

Early breast cancer, which is the easiest to treat, typically shows no symptoms. For this reason, it is very important for women to apply the recommended control programs for the early diagnosis of breast cancer. Diagnosing breast cancer at an early stage significantly increases the number of treatment options, the chances of success and survival of treatment.