2.1 Signs and symptoms
2.1 Signs and symptoms
The following signs and symptoms should be investigated:
- a persistent new lump or lumpiness, especially involving only one breast
- a change in the size or shape of a breast
- a change to a nipple, such as crusting, ulceration, redness or inversion
- a nipple discharge that occurs without manual expression
- a change in the skin of a breast such as redness, thickening or dimpling
- axillary mass(es)
- an unusual breast pain that does not go away (Cancer Australia 2020b; Walker et al 2014).
People with symptoms as described above should not attend BreastScreen because they will require diagnostic imaging either publicly or privately.
A patient with signs and symptoms that may suggest breast cancer should be seen by a general practitioner within two weeks.
