Breast Cancer Awareness!

How many women are effected by breast cancer?

It is crazy to say but about 1 in 8 U.S women which is equivalent to 12.4% will develop invasive breast cancer in their life. Just in 2018, an estimated amount of 266,120 new cases of breast invasive breast cancer occured in women in the U.S and 63,960 cases of non-invasive breast cancer.

Symptoms of breast cancer

• Swelling of all parts of a breast(even if no distinct lump is felt)
• Skin irritation or dimpling
• Breast or nimple pain
• Nipple retraction(turning inward)
• Redness, scaliness, or thickening of the nimple or breast skin