Starkizzer

My mom told me about this the other day. A woman who was breast feeding or had just finished breast feeding kept getting dry scaly bumps on her breasts around her nipples and at first just thot her skin was dry or irritated turned out she had some odd case of breast cancer sad thing was she was diagnosed too late and died from it. Its hard to catch because there are no lumps in the breast as is the case with other breast cancers just these little bumps on the skin. But I guess they warned mothers who were breast feeding to watch for these and even be a little paranoid and get anything suspicious looking checked out. If any one knows anymore info it would be great.

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water_bug

Is there a connection between this form of cancer and breast feeding? Or was that just a coincidence?

Starkizzer

As far as I know just a coincidence but I guess they have fond it mainly in women who are brest feeding. I'll try to do some more research I just wanted more people to be aware.

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maleficent

A gentleman caller volunteers:

A quick jump-in: Urban Legends Reference Pages: Paget's Disease. The disease exists, but the information is misleading

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Starkizzer

This is what I have found:
Many women have received an email warning that a "new form of breast cancer" starts as a rash on a woman's breast, instead of showing up as a lump. According to the email, a young woman developed a rash, similar to that of young nursing mothers. The rash was treated with antibiotics, but did not clear up. Her doctor sent her for a mammogram, which showed a mass in her breast. The mass turned out to be cancer, a type called "Paget's disease of the breast."
This Internet story is actually based on truth. Although this type of breast cancer is not "new," it is rare. According to information on the National Cancer Institute's website (www.nci.nih.gov), Paget's disease of the breast is a rare form of breast cancer that makes up 1 to 4 percent of all breast cancer cases. The NCI site reports that scientists are not sure how the disease occurs, but there are two theories. One theory is that cells from a tumor in the breast move through the milk ducts to the skin of the nipple; the other theory is that skin cells on the nipple spontaneously become cancerous.

The signs of Paget's disease include scaling and crusting lesions on the skin of the nipple or areola, discharge, nipple inversion, flattening of the nipple or a lump. Paget's disease of the breast is often confused with skin conditions like eczema. It usually affects women who are middle-aged, but can occur later. It can also very rarely affect men.
Also checked merican Cancer Society and they said its very rare but can often be misdiagnosed. Just wanted everyone to be aware that there are other forms than just the more publisized lumps in the breast.

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Gilda

Thank you for the information. It never hurts to have a little more information about one's health.

Gilda