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Question Asked anonymously · 25 Aug From AskDr Answered

What are the symptoms of breast cancer?

Family MedicineObstetrics and Gynecology
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Dinesh VG
Family Medicine · Straits Clinic Anchorpoint

Hi @Rachel thank you for this important question. Aside from a lump detected by a practitioner or the patient themself during breast self exam, other possible symptoms include certain forms of nipple discharge, skin changes over the breast such as puckering of the skin, changes to the nipple itself, and undue breast swelling/redness. However, as the saying goes - prevention is better than cure. It would be good to sign up for breast cancer screening as recommended by practitioners in your country. For Singapore, subsidies are available for this screening. More information about this at these links, hope they help!

https://www.singaporecancersociety.org.sg/get-screened/breast-cancer/mammogram.html
https://www.singaporecancersociety.org.sg/events/campaigns/breast-cancer-campaign.html

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