Breast+Cancer-Description

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 * Breast cancer is a cancer that forms in the milk ducts of the breast.
 * It is a tumor that starts in the breast.
 * This tumor grows and invades the tissues around it, if this happens it can also spread to more distant parts of the body.
 * It mostly occours in women, but men can also get it.
 * It was easy for people to tell if someone had breast cancer in the past.
 * Brest tumors are easy to spot because they will either form lumps or make the breast inflamed.
 * Surgery for breast cancer was made available in the mid-nineteenth century.



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