What are the symptoms of breast cancer recurrence

Breast cancer recurrence can seriously trouble breast cancer patients. In recent years, the recurrence and metastasis of breast cancer has been on the rise, especially within 1-2 years after surgery, the probability of breast cancer is the highest. This requires everyone to properly understand some of the symptoms of recurrence. The following mainly introduces the symptoms of breast cancer recurrence.

1. Symptoms of different metastatic sites

When breast cancer recurs, metastasis will occur. At this time, lung metastasis is a common symptom of patients. They will have cough, coughing up blood, chest pain, shortness of breath, etc. These are also early symptoms of breast cancer recurrence. At this time, chest X-ray examination is the most common method. For breast cancer patients to prevent recurrence, it is recommended to check once every six months to one year so that timely detection can be made.

2. Common sites of recurrence and metastasis

When breast cancer recurs, metastatic symptoms will appear. In addition to local chest wall recurrence and lymph node metastasis, there will also be tissues and organs with rich blood circulation, often lungs, bones, liver, soft tissues, brain, etc. There will be many symptoms in these parts. Data show that 60% to 80% have lung metastasis, 50% to 60% have liver metastasis, and another 50% have bone metastasis. Generally, the time of recurrence and metastasis is most common within 2 years after surgery. After that, the chance of recurrence and metastasis gradually decreases as the time after surgery increases. However, lifelong follow-up is required after breast cancer surgery. The purpose is very simple to prevent recurrence.

3. Other symptoms of relapse

Breast cancer recurrence may also cause bone metastasis. Bone metastasis is often located in the spine, pelvis and femur of the thigh. At this time, there will be gradually increasing localized pain. Localized symptom may also be tenderness, but no lump can be felt. In addition, the symptoms of brain metastasis are headache, nausea, vomiting, blurred vision and other symptoms.

When facing breast cancer, what patients actually need to maintain is a good attitude. Although everyone is afraid of the disease, breast cancer is not scary. Once breast cancer recurs or metastasizes, what must be done is to discover it in time. This requires everyone to actively understand the symptoms so that it can be discovered in time and then treated early.