When to go for breast cancer screening?

Cancer that forms in the breasts is breast cancer. In India, breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women. Diagnosis of cancer is easy now but due to social taboos, women do not go for screening. Surprisingly, breast cancer can occur in both men & women but it is more common in women. 

Substantial support for breast cancer check and awareness is very important to reduce the cancer cases. Due to various government initiatives, breast cancer survival rates have increased and also the mortality rate is steadily declining. Earlier detection is the major factor behind this. Early detection of breast cancer helps to approach the right treatment which helps to cure cancer.

Symptoms:

Do the following breast cancer check to know if you have symptoms: 

1. A newly inverted nipple
2. Changes in nipple shapes.
3. Secretion from nipple
4. Lump in breast or thickening in the breast which seems different from the surrounding tissue
5. Change in the size, shape or appearance of the breast
6. Changes to the breast skin such as dimpling
7. Peeling, scaling, crusting or flaking of the skin surrounding the nipple or breast
8. Redness or pitting of the breast skin

When to go for a diagnosis of cancer:If you are having any of the above symptoms, then you need to go for the cancer screening test. You can also adopt yearly screening as a part of our lifestyle. PanTum Detect test is a unified cancer screening test that helps to diagnose solid tumours at a very early stage. Along with breast cancer check, regular screening test helps to detect breast cancer at an early stage which can assure treatment and cure.