Spotlight on Breast Cancer this Breast Cancer Awareness Month
This Breast Cancer Awareness Month find out more about the most common cancer in the UK population and how CCL can support with the diagnosis and treatment pathway.
What is Breast Cancer?
Breast cancer is cancer that starts in the breast tissue. The treatment you need depends on the type of breast cancer you have as well as your general health. Treatments include surgery, chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and radiotherapy.
What are the symptoms of Breast Cancer?
· New lump or area of thickened tissue in either breast that was not there before
· A change in the size or shape of one or both breasts
· A discharge of fluid from either of your nipples
· A lump or swelling in either of your armpits
· A change in the look or feel of your skin, such as puckering or dimpling, a rash or redness
· A rash (like eczema), crusting, scaly or itchy skin or redness on or around your nipple
· A change in the appearance of your nipple, such as becoming sunken into your breast.
Facts on Breast Cancer in the UK
· Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK population
· In UK women, around 54,700 new cases of breast cancer were diagnosed in 2017. In the same year in men, there were around 390 new cases
· A woman born after 1960 and living in the UK has an estimated one in seven lifetime risk of developing breast cancer
· In females aged 25-49, breast cancer is the most common cancer, accounting for more than four in
10 (44%) of all cases in 2014-2016.
How CCL can help with Breast Cancer
CCL looks to adopt new technologies early for diagnostics to help UK healthcare. We have tests available to help diagnose or manage breast cancer, find out more here.
How to access CCL tests
If you are a Health Care Professional, please contact us on +44 (0)1223 395 450/ info@camclinlabs.co.uk. If you are a patient, please refer your Health Care Professional to our website and ask them to get in touch. Please note that Cambridge Clinical Laboratories HCP services are only available through a professional healthcare provider.
Useful resources
(Sources - Breast Cancer UK, Cancer Research UK, NHS)