When itching of the breast is cancer?

I have no lumps, no change in the breast but it itches a lot around the areola. The itching comes and go, I could have no itching for one whole day and then it suddenly starts, it could be triggered by contact with the hand or by the bra or by nothing at all, the more I scratch the more it itches, but it passes quick, it does not itch for long time, I have no eczema, no redness, my GP want send me for biopsy, I started the menopause. When itching of the breast is caused by cancer how bad is the itching? is it there all the time? do my symptoms fit into cancer of the breast? thanks for answers.

Plain Griddle Cakes (pancakes from scratch)

sift:
one cup flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
one-quarter teaspoon salt (not needed)

beat and add:
one egg (optional)

add:
1 cup milk (scant)
stir gradually to make smooth
add:
1 teaspoon melted butter or oil

cook in a hot frying pan, flip pancakes when they bubble, to brown the other side.

Serve with Vermont maple syrup.



These pancakes are sure to be tasty -- if you're watching your sodium intake, you can make them without salt and baking powder, which also contains sodium (as does milk), and they'll probably still be pretty good. We never add salt to anything, but when we omitted the baking powder the pancakes came out a little bit on the glue-ey side

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I looked this up and one other cause could simply be eczema which is quite common. Go to this link , it has alot of good information on your symptoms.http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/defaul...

I hope everything works out ok for you!

Changes in the breast and itching--in general, in various places on the body--are pre-menopausal or menopausal symptoms. But follow your doctor's advice.

The symptom you're having is not one of the symptoms of breast cancer, but at the same time, any doc is going to be concerned about something new happening in and around your breast at your time of life.

I assume you've had a mammogram.

I've had the same symptoms and am close to the same life cycle. As far as I can tell, it's really just irritation. In this life stage, your breasts swell and shrink because of hormonal changes which causes different sensations. I've never heard of it being associated with breast cancer before.