Best hospitals and doctors for Breast Cancer Treatment in Chennai - Madras, India

Breast cancer is a cancer that develops in breast cells. It develops in in either the lobules or the ducts of the breast. This treated with a surgery alone and sometimes along with chemotherapy, hormone therapy, targeted therapy and radiation therapy.

Types of breast cancer:

Ductal carcinoma in situ: In which the cancer cells are confined to the ducts in breast without any damage to the surrounding breast tissue.

Lobular carcinoma in situ: In which cancer cells grow in the milk-producing glands of your breast. > Invasive ductal carcinoma. In which the cancer cells start in the breast's milk ducts invading the surrounding breast tissues.

Invasive lobular carcinoma: In which cancer first develops in breast's lobules and starts invading nearby tissue.

May including:

• Breast lump or tissue thickening
• Breast pain
• Red skin around breast
• Swelling around breast 
• Nipple discharge 
• Blood discharge
• Sudden change in the shape 
• Peeling and scaling