BE CLEAR ON CANCER BE CLEAR ON CANCER BE CLEAR ON CANCER

SYMPTOMS
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF BREAST
CANCER MAY INCLUDE:
Breast
 A BREAST LUMP OR
THICKENING THAT FEELS
DIFFERENT FROM THE
Cancer

SURROUNDING TISSUE

CHANGE IN THE SIZE, SHAPE

Awareness
EARLY DETECTION - SAVE
OR APPEARANCE OF A
BREAST
LIVES
BE AWARE!
PINK RIBBON

 CHANGES TO THE SKIN Breast Cancer

OVER THE BREAST, SUCH AS
DIMPLING. Breast Cancer is a malignant tumor that starts in
the cells of breast.
A malignant tumor is a group of cancer cells that
 NEWLY INVERTED NIPPLE can spread to distant areas of the body.
Breast cancer is one of the most dangerous type
cancers. There are 90,000 breast cancer cases
reported annually in the country and over 40, 000
 PEELING, SCALING, deaths are caused by it. Pakistan has the highest
CRUSTING OR FLAKING OF rate of breast cancer in Asia .It is higher among
THE PIGMENTED AREA OF young women. The main reason of high
SKIN SURROUNDING THE prevalence of breast cancer is Pakistani traditional
NIPPLE (AREOLA) OR BREAST society and lack of awareness among girls and
SKIN women who do not feel comfortable and easy to
share their health issues with others and are shy
of going for mammography. Due to lack of
 REDNESS OR PITTING OF doctors in Pakistan, WHO estimated that breast
THE SKIN OVER YOUR cancer cases are getting to an alarming level and it
BREAST, LIKE THE SKIN OF is spreading even in the younger lot of Pakistani
AN ORANGE girls and women.