The Basics of Breast Cancer
Breast Cancer There are many types of breast cancer, The most common (about 80%) are ductal carcinomas and the next most common are lobular carcinomas (about 10%). Rarer types of breast cancer are inflammatory breast cancer (about 1 of every 100 people or 1%), Paget’s disease of the nipple (less than 5% or 5 of 100 people), and Phyllodes tumors of the breast (less than 1% or 1 of 100 people). Breast cancer is possible in men but occurs at a rate of 1%. It is also more difficult to find. Male breasts have milk ducts which don't produce milk yet cancer can still grow within those ducts. For women, breast cancer is the most common cancer. Of the 1in 8 women or 12% who will (statistically) get breast cancer, only 1 or 2 will have a family history of it. Breast cancer can be in-situ (in place) or invasive, meaning that it has grown to a certain size and/or into a location past the original. I'm going to focus on ductal carcinoma, most importantly because that's what...