Rare breast cancer detected by freckles

A 35-year-old American woman has a rare form of breast cancer that is successfully cured by early detection of abnormal nodules on her chest.

In 2012, the body of Rebecca Hockaday, 35, who lives in Georgia, USA, appears red spots speckled on her chest, starting with only one nodule, but only a short time later it begins to spread. fast. She thought that it was only freckles and didn't notice.

6 months later, Hockaday decided to see a dermatologist and was introduced to Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute, one of the leading cancer treatment centers in Atlanta.

Rebecca Hockaday with her children.(Photo: Fox 5 Atlanta).

Here, she was diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) , a rare cancer, accounting for only 1% of cases, difficult to detect and develop very quickly.

Dr. Mylin Torres, Director of the Winship Cancer Institute, said that this is one of the most dangerous forms of breast cancer and tends to go bad in a short time. With symptoms such as swelling and redness on the breast (which looks like orange peel), many people mistakenly think about other skin diseases, so they are easily overlooked. Red spots usually appear at least one-third of the breast's surface area, making the ring swollen, stiff and warmer than usual.

According to the American Cancer Society, in addition to the red spots on the chest, IBC also has a number of other symptoms such as swelling, pain and increased breast size, hard breasts and skin color changes, itching, nipples falling inside .

Hockaday underwent severe chemotherapy with surgery to remove both breasts. However, doctors have not been able to completely eliminate cancer cells.

Later, the doctors applied radiotherapy twice daily, and helped her get rid of cancer after 9 months.

It has been five years since he was diagnosed with breast cancer, Hockaday said he realized how important time was.