Illustration breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Breast Cancer
(Malignant tumor of the mammary gland)

1. Axillary lymph nodes -
   Nodi lymphoidei axillares
2. Lymph vessels -
   Vasa lymphatica
3. Milk duct -
   Lactiferous duct
4. Lobule of the mammary gland -
   Lobuli glandulae mammariae
5. Adipose tissue -
   Corpus adiposum mammae
6. Cancer cell -
   Cell with altered genetic material
   (Mutated cell)
7. Nuclear body -
   Nucleus
8. Cell wall
   Breast Cancer Symptoms:
   a - Enlarged lymph nodes
   b - lump in the chest
   c - fluid leakage
   from the nipple
   d - skin dimples in the chest
   e - change in color,
   Size, shape of the chest
   A - ductal carcinoma
   (80%) - milk duct cancer, developed
   located in the cells of the milk ducts
   A1 - Paget's carcinoma -
   a ductal carcinoma develops
   especially in the nipple tissue
   B - Lobular carcinoma
   (15%) - lobular cancer,
   arises in the mammary gland lobules

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