Sunday, October 18, 2009

What is Breast Cancer? Part 2

The term "Breast Cancer" refers to a malignant tumor that has developed from cells in the breast. Usually breast cancer either begins in the cells of the lobules, which are the milk producing glands, which are the milk-producing glands, or the ducts, the passages that drain milk from the lobules to the nipple. Less commonly, breast cancer can begin in the stromal tissue, which include the fatty and fibrous connective tissue of the breast.

Over time, cancer cells can invade healthy breast tissue and make their way into the underarm lymph nodes, small organs that filter out foreign substances in the body. If cancer cells get into the lymph nodes,, they then have a pathway into other parts of the body. The breast cancer's stage refers to how far the cancer cells have spread beyond the original tumor.

For more information, go to http://www.breastcancer.org

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