“I can’t stress this enough, I never thought this would happen to me.”
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer in the UK. Although most women diagnosed with the condition are over the age of 50, younger women are also at risk of breast cancer too.
The NHS explains that there are several different types of breast cancer, which develop in different parts of the breast. Non-invasive breast cancer is found in the ducts of the breast, and typically has not spread into the surrounding breast tissue.
Invasive breast cancer occurs when the cancer cells have spread through the lining of the ducts into the surrounding tissue – the most common type of breast cancer, it is usually identifiable with a lump in the breast.
As well as a lump or area of thickened breast tissue, the first tell-tale signs that you may have breast cancer include the following:
- A change in the size or shape of one or both breasts
- Discharge from either of your nipples, which may be streaked with blood
- A lump or swelling in either of your armpits
- Dimpling on the skin of your breasts
- A rash on or around your nipple
- A change in the appearance of your nipple, such as becoming sunken into your breast.
