10 Things You Always Wanted To Know About Breast Cancer - Part 2
4. How quickly do tumors grow?
This depends on the individual woman and the type of tumor she has, and there are no hard and fast rules about the speed with which tumors gros. Some may take years, while in inflammatory types of the disease, they can grow very quickly. Being breast aware will help you pick up any changes quickly.
5. It sounds like a daft question, but does breast cancer hurt?
It can cause pain, and if you have any breast tenderness that persists or you can’t explain, you should see the doctor, says Specialist Information Nurse at Cancer Reaserch UK. But this is not all that common, and breast pain is actually the most common benign breast problem women have.
6. Why do women sometimes have to have the whole breast removed why can’t they take just the tumor?
Most women with breast cancer will have to go through some sort of surgery. Information Nurse Specialist at the charity Breast Cancer Care says: “The extent of it will depend upon several factors such as the stage of the cancer at diagnosis, the size of the tumor and where in the breast the tumor is positioned. As a rule, the larger the tumor, the more invasive the surgery.” Chemotherapy before surgery may often shrink the tumor sufficiently to allow the surgeons to only remove the lump. If the tumor is very large, in a particular position on the breast, looks as though it is in danger of spreading, or if there are more than one, it may be necessary to remove the whole breast. But in these causes some form of breast reconstruction surgery is usually an option afterward.
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