Illustration breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer
(Malignant tumor of the mammary gland)
- Axillary lymph nodes -
Nodi lymphoidei axillares - Lymph vessels -
Vasa lymphatica - Milk duct -
Lactiferous duct - Lobule of the mammary gland -
Lobuli glandulae mammariae - Adipose tissue -
Corpus adiposum mammae - Cancer cell -
Cell with altered genetic material
(Mutated cell) - Nuclear body -
Nucleus - Cell wall
Breast Cancer Symptoms:
a - Enlarged lymph nodes
b - lump in the chest
c - fluid leakage
from the nipple
d - skin dimples in the chest
e - change in color,
Size, shape of the chest
A - ductal carcinoma
(80%) - milk duct cancer, developed
located in the cells of the milk ducts
A1 - Paget's carcinoma -
a ductal carcinoma develops
especially in the nipple tissue
B - Lobular carcinoma
(15%) - lobular cancer,
arises in the mammary gland lobules
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