Symptoms of postoperative spread of breast cancer

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Breast cancer usually has metastasis or recurrence after operation, which is also a major feature of malignant tumor. About 1 / 3 of the patients will have recurrence and metastasis within 5-10 years after operation. Early detection of these recurrence and metastasis and timely treatment are expected to prolong the survival period. Therefore, prevention and early diagnosis are particularly important.

Symptoms of postoperative spread of breast cancer

First: blood metastasis: breast cancer cells can directly invade blood vessels and cause distant metastasis. The vein of breast deep tissue, chest muscle and chest wall flowing into axillary vein, subclavian vein and innominate vein is an important way of lung metastasis. The incidence of distant metastasis of breast cancer is related to the size of primary tumor, the number of lymph node metastasis and pathological grade. The most common distant metastasis of breast cancer is lung, followed by bone, liver, soft tissue, brain and adrenal gland.

Second, most of the lung metastases are nodules of different sizes in the lung, occasionally a single nodule. A few cases showed carcinomatous lymphangitis with obvious cough, shortness of breath and cyanosis. The most bone metastases were the thoracic, lumbar and pelvic bones, followed by the ribs and femurs; Most of them were osteolytic and a few were osteogenic; Pathological fracture may occur in long bone metastasis, paraplegia may be caused by spinal cord compression in spinal metastasis, and progressive pain may occur in clinic.

Third: pleural metastasis is often secondary to lung metastasis, occasionally simple pleural metastasis, mainly for pleural effusion, can be bloody, sometimes pleural effusion can find cancer cells. In female patients with brain metastasis, breast cancer is a common primary focus, with the help of CT examination can help diagnosis.

matters needing attention

1. Scientific, effective treatment and reasonable and standardized diet are effective ways for female patients to recover. Therefore, we must choose regular hospital treatment, but also pay attention to the small details of life, to minimize the harm of cancer to patients. 2. Female friends should be able to pay more attention to the symptoms of breast cancer, and usually need to see more about their breast health problems. If they find that there is something wrong with their breasts, they need to be checked in time.