Paget’s disease of the breast is a condition in which the nipples become inflamed, encrusted and bleed, because of underlying breast cancer. It affects about 2% of women with breast cancer, and it is sometimes confused with skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema.

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Pagets disease of the breast
medindia 8870 Posts Sir James Paget in 1874 was the first person to explain about the Paget's disease of the breast. He described the disease to be a chronic eczematous rash affecting the skin of the nipple and areola. The disease is also seen in close association with the intraductal carcinoma of...Read More
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Error in this statement?- is 9% survival after 5 yrs supposed to say 90%

"The survival rate of patients without palpable breast mass is 9% after 5 years and 80% after 10 years"

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