What+is+Breast+Cancer

=What is Breast Cancer? =


 * It is a disease that is made up of cancer cells that form in the breast tissue. That can spread to the rest of the body.
 * A tumor that is cancerous is also called a malignant tumor
 * It is a heterogeneous disease
 * Differing by age group, the individual and the cells that make up the tumor.
 * In the United States besides skin cancer, breast cancer is the leading cancer for women there can be lumps in the breast that are not cancerous. These are considered benign tumors.
 * Breast cancer does not always end with death
 * Breast cancer is second to Lung cancer for death in women.
 * 1 out of 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime
 * 38% of breast cancer cases is preventable

The breast cancers cells normally begin in the cells that line the ducts

Cancer cells can spread to the lymph nodes