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The breast is a gland designed to produce milk. Milk ducts leading to the nipple originate from lobules inside 15 or 20 lobes arranged like spokes around a wheel. The spaces around and between the milk-producing lobes are filled with fat.

Ninety percent of breast cancers arise from the milk ducts. When ductal carcinoma, as it is called, remains confined to the duct, it is called in situ, or intraductal, cancer. When the cells penetrate the walls of the duct and invade surrounding tissue, it is called invasive ductal cancer. About 5 percent of breast cancers are lobular carcinomas, which originate in the lobules.

Two atypical kinds of breast cancers are inflammatory breast carcinoma and Paget's disease. Whereas most breast cancers are slow growing and painless, inflammatory breast carcinoma progresses very rapidly and is painful, with symptoms resembling an infection. . . read more

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Delay in diagnosing ovarian cancer is not unusual. Early detection is difficult because disease confined to the ovary seldom produces symptoms. When symptoms do surface, they are often vague and easily mistaken for other, often minor, ailments.

As the tumor grows, it may press on the bowel and bladder, causing constipation and frequent urination. Malignant cells can break away from the tumor and spread directly to other organs in the abdomen, such as the stomach, colon and diaphragm ( muscle separating the chest cavity from the abdomen ), causing a fluid buildup that results in swelling and discomfort.

The cells can also enter the bloodstream or lymph system and spread to other parts of the body.

Each year in the United States, ovarian cancer is diagnosed in about 26,000 women and claims more than 14,000 lives. It is most common in women living in . . read more.

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Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer among women in this country (other than skin cancer). Each year, more than 211,000 American women learn they have this disease.

You will read about possible causes, screening, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and supportive care. You will also find ideas about how to cope with the disease.

Scientists are studying breast cancer to find out more about its causes. And they are looking for better ways to prevent, find, and treat it.

No one knows the exact causes of breast cancer. Doctors often cannot explain why one woman develops breast cancer and another does not. They do know that bumping, bruising, or touching the breast does not cause cancer.

Breast cancer is not contagious. You cannot "catch" it from another person . . . read more.

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