Paget's nipple can cause cancer

Usually breast cancer is often detected when a tumor is seen, but there are some other signs of breast cancer that are easily overlooked, which are signs of Paget's nipple disease.

Paget's nipple, also known as breast cancer, is a breast cancer named after a British doctor, James Paget, who first described the disease in 1876. It has very easy symptoms. mistaken for other benign skin diseases, thus making many patients unable to detect it early for timely treatment.

According to the US National Cancer Institute, in 2005 alone, 11,000 Paget's nipple cases were counted.

Like most other forms of cancer, it is unclear what causes the disease. Factors such as age, degree of exposure, overweight, estrogen hormones are too high or a family history of cancer may be the cause. However, many women are still diagnosed with the disease despite not being influenced by these factors.

Mr. James Paget (Photo: nndb.com)

"Nobody is sure about the cause of the disease, but at least we can confirm that the treatment will be much more convenient if the disease is detected early," said David Sampson, spokesman for the Cancer Society. US letter said.

Paget's disease originates in the milk ducts, which then develop to the scalp and can reach the dark circles around the nipple . At the nipple, a hard or scaly crust appears, redness, swelling and tingling with leaks, darkening or bleeding. The nipple may look flat or concave in place, with the tip of a finger can see the tumor in the breast.

Paget's nipple is a disease that is difficult to treat and has a relatively high mortality rate compared to other cancers, especially in the case of developed and undetected for a long time. Most people with Paget's nipples are more than 50 years old, but there are still 20-year-olds who have it.

Paget's often appear in association with epithelial cancer and may also occur in some men. The signs are nothing else, only in this school, because men's breasts are much smaller than women, so breast cancer grows to the nipple faster.

As can general breast cancer, Paget's nipple is usually treated with surgery. It may be cosmetic surgery, only removing the malignant tumor, but it may also be incisional surgery and removal of all internal tissue, removal of the breast, and even removal of some of the cage muscles. chest or axillary lymph nodes (in case the cancer has begun to spread).

Half of Paget's patients had nipples discovered when there was a tumor in the breast, which is a sign that the disease has developed and forced surgery. If detected early, the disease can be cured by chemotherapy.

Although some people have passed, researchers still have much work to do to diagnose and treat this rare but extremely dangerous disease early.

Thuan An