Know the Symptoms of Breast Cancer

Breast cancer often causes no symptoms in its early stages. Women with early breast cancer usually don’t have pain or notice any breast changes caused by the cancer. This is why routine screening tests are so important, as they can detect the disease in its early stages.

A few symptoms of breast cancer include the following:

• A lump, thickening, or swelling in or near your breast or under your arm
• A change in the size or shape of your breast
• Nipple discharge, especially if it's bloody
• Nipple inversion, meaning the nipple pulls back into your breast
• Nipple or breast pain, tenderness or aching
• A change in the look of the skin of your breast, areola or nipple, such as becoming dimpled or puckered or turning red or purple
• A change in the feel of the skin of your breast, areola or nipple, such as turning itchy or scaly

Many of these symptoms can mimic other health problems and do not necessarily mean you have breast cancer. Schedule a breast cancer screening today.