Inflammatory Breast Cancer: What Is It? Uncommon Symptoms To Watch For Besides Lumps
Inflammatory Breast Cancer: What Is It? Uncommon Symptoms To Watch For Besides Lumps Although lumps are a frequent symptom of breast cancer that most adults are aware of, there are also less common indications that may indicate different types of the illness. According to Dr. Ashley Pariser, a medical oncologist with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Centre, “Knowing what both common and uncommon symptoms are, will allow women and men to notify their doctors if there’s a change in their breast and to find cancer earlier,” she told CBS News. Most respondents to a recent poll conducted by the university’s cancer center said they were unaware of additional signs of breast cancer, such as: A nipple that is retracting, inverted, or pointing downward puckered breasts Absence of emotion thickening or piling of the skin Breast discharge According to Pariser, these symptoms—which could indicate inflammatory breast cancer—are frequently misdiagnosed as infections. “If it’s not ...